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Designed by the architect Rem Koolhass. The design of the new CCTV site started from invitation biddings from 10 architecture design organizations, of different styles, from around the world, to the final selected scheme. Combines the entire process of TV-making – administration, production, broadcasting – into a single loop of interconnected activity. Rising from a common platform accommodating production facilities, two towers – one dedicated to broadcasting, one to services, research, and education – lean towards each other and eventually merge in a dramatic, seemingly impossible cantilever
 * New CCTV site "Z crisscross"**

**National Stadium "Bird's Nest"** The design of this large stadium was accomplished together by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron and Chinese architect Li Xinggang and the others. The designers didn't do any redundant disposals to the look of the stadium. They just exposed the steel structures entirely and let them become the most natural appearance. The form of the stadium looks like a big nest which embraces and nurses human beings. Also it looks rather like a cradle bearing human beings' hope of the future.

**National Grand Theater "Eggshell"** National Theater was designed by the French architect, Paulo Andrew. The Grand Theater will look like a huge green park with an oval and silver grand theater encircled by green water. The shell, made of titanium metal and glass together with day and night lights will add radiance and beauty to each other, and have fast-changing colors. The surroundings of the Grand Theater are semi-transparent, golden netted glass walls. People can see the sky inside the building through its dome. Some people describe the complete Grand Theater as "a crystal drop of water", other people call it a "big egg shell" or "boiled egg".

**National** **Swimming Center** **"Water Cube"** Conceptually the square box and the interior spaces are carved out of an undefined cluster of foam bubbles, symbolising a condition of nature that is transformed into a condition of culture. The overall appearance of the aquatic centre is a cube of water molecules. There are two parts to the Watercube's structural framework – internal and external. The external structure forms the actual roof, ceiling and walls and comprises a flat web of rectangular boxed sections. These sections are then clad with the inflatable material transparent 'teflon' material known as ETFE. The internal steel frame is based on the unique geometry of biological cells or soap bubbles.



=The seven wonders of the aciant word=



** Nebuchadnezzar ****, the greatest character of Babylonian history, built the hanging gardens of Babylon to please his wife who had disliked the bareness of her new home. It is certain that he was a great builder; he restored many temples, put up bridges, and lined rivers with embankments. The walls he built around the city of Babylon were the longest, widest, and highest in the ancient world. The hanging gardens of Babylon - dedicated to the planet Venus rose above them in five tiers each 50 feet above the next, each tier planted with fabulous trees and flowers. **
 * At **** Giza ****, Egypt **** , stands the Sphinx, and three famous pyramids, the oldest and largest of which was built by King Khufu (or Cheops) about 3000 B.C. This enormous monument - a tomb built to protect the king's body and the treasures buried with him - is the most expensive monument a man has ever built to himself. The Great Pyramid was dedicated to the planet Mercury. **
 * The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus ****, in what is now Turkey, was built in the fifth century B.C. Once burned down, it was rebuilt even grander, it measured 342 feet by 164 feet and had 127 columns over 60 feet high. It was in this temple that Paul the Apostle preached against pagan worship and aroused angry crowds. The temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262 A.D. The Temple of Diana was dedicated to the Moon. **
 * When **** Mausolus, king of Caria **** (in Asia Minor), died in 353 B.C. his widow built a great marble tomb at Harlicarnassus. A fine pyramid with steps of marble surmounted the rectangular base and on top of the pyramid was a mighty sculpture of Mausolus driving an eight horse chariot group. Eventually destroyed by an earthquake, the Mausoleum of Harlicarnassus was dedicated to the planet Mars. **
 * The Statue of Zeus at Olympia **** in the Peloponnesus, was made of marble and decorated with ivory and beaten gold. It was make by Phidias, the most famous sculptor of antiquity, who also made the statue of Athena which crowned the Acropolis. The statue of Zeus was dedicated to the planet Jupiter. **
 * The Pharos at Alexandria **** was a lighthouse at the port of the Egyptian city named for Alexander the Great. It was completed around 200 B.C., a skyscraper of the ancient world standing 600 feet high. The summit was an open place, surrounded by bronze columns, where a fire burned at night, fed by wood raised thru the central shaft. The most legendary feature of the Lighthouse of Alexandria was a gigantic mirror which either reflected the sun's rays or the fire by night - up to 150 miles out at sea. The magnificent edifice was destroyed more than a millennium later by a series of earthquakes. **** It was dedicated to the planet Saturn. **
 * The Colossus of Rhodes **** was a bronze statue of Apollo, 100 feet high. Erected around 275 B.C. and standing high on an embankment facing the port (not straddling the entrance to the port as was often thought). The legs of the statue were filled with masonry to keep the statue from being top heavy. This and other precautions were unable to save yet another of the ancient wonders from the fury of earthquakes. It lay broken on the rocks for 800 years until Arab conquerors sold it as scrap metal. **** The Colossus of Rhodes was dedicated to the Sun. **

Deabreugenesis: Hi cesar, how are you? c.mendozam: hi genesis, fine thanks, and you? Deabreugenesis: excited, because I have been reading abot the seven wonders of the world. c.mendozam: oh, that’s is awesome. It’s very interesting. I had read something about it a few days ago. What did you read? Deabreugenesis: I read about Colossus of rhodes and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, what about you, guys? c.mendozam: well, I have reading about it. its a very interesting topic. But I read more about Hanging Gardens of Babylon and The Temple of Artemis, It is very interesting. Bouth are chosen like two of the seven wonders of the word by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C. Deabreugenesis: What did you read about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? c.mendozam: the article said that was created by King Nebuchadnezzar II created as a sign of love for his wife homesick Amyitis c.mendozam: jeje, imagine how much he loved deabreugenesis: yeah!!! That's so romantic deabreugenesis: What the text says about The Temple of Artemis? c.mendozam: the text says that the Temple of Artemis represents the greatest temple of the ancient world deabreugenesis: why ? c.mendozam: well, beacause its other mistress of nature. like the piramids, diffcult to explain how they were built. c.mendozam: and it is so incredible. but hurts that was destroyed bye fire deabreugenesis: oh! that's so bad c.mendozam: yes, it is, 1 wonder less... deabreugenesis: which one do you prefer? c.mendozam: the other one c.mendozam: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon c.mendozam: its more like my style... c.mendozam: because its like sustainable architecture deabreugenesis: good choice c.mendozam: and what did you read?.. sorry for didnt ask before.. deabreugenesis: don't worry deabreugenesis: well I read about the Colossus of rhodes and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus c.mendozam: oooh.. just the name sounds awesome.. jeje deabreugenesis: yeah it is deabreugenesis: the Colossus of rhodes is about deabreugenesis: A gigantic bronze statue that once stood 32 meters high on a marble block deabreugenesis: It was built by its citizens deabreugenesis: and was completed in 280 B.C. deabreugenesis: but an earthquake caused The Colossus to crack at the knee an it collapsed into pieces. deabreugenesis: I think this is the best Ancient Wonders deabreugenesis: because it is monumental c.mendozam: its a shame, that it was destroyed too deabreugenesis: and towering c.mendozam: yes, it is monumental c.mendozam: I think, if we were in there, we would felt like ants deabreugenesis: yes of course deabreugenesis: and The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus deabreugenesis: it was built between 350 and 370 BC deabreugenesis: and it was dedicated to King Mausolus by his grieving wife deabreugenesis: this is a real love, right? c.mendozam: woo, another romantic person.. and it's great that she was able to lead this work even been a women... deabreugenesis: you're right! c.mendozam: I am referring to the masculinism of the time deabreugenesis: si deabreugenesis: well I have to go deabreugenesis: it was a good talk c.mendozam: i undertand... I enjoyed too deabreugenesis: and very interesting c.mendozam: we have to do it again deabreugenesis: sure! c.mendozam: bye deabreugenesis: good bye!!

= Seven Wonders of the modern world =



The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value - as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought by Nature and Man. Petra is the epitome of what a wonder of the world is and should be. It is mysterious and awesome. It strikes your nerves and awakens your curiosty. It is the coolest buildup of any wonder on the list. You have to walk for nearly a half hour to get to see the main structures and there is no peeking like at most wonders. You can’t see it until you do and then you can’t take your eyes off of it. Petra is truly amazing and along with the Pyramids, my favorite of the new wonder finalists.



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