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Construction Location: Beijing Olympic Park (Olympio the Sport Park)

Site type: new competition venues Park


Structural types: thin-film structure, space steel frame structure


Building area: 79,532 m2


Building height: 31 m


Covers an area: 62,950 m2


Length, width, height: 177m (length) × 177m (width) x 31m (high)


Event function: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming


The number of seats: 4000 (permanent), 2000 (removable), 11000 Temporary seats


Start time: December 24, 2003


Time for Completion: January 28, 2008

Construction cost: about 1.02 billion (from all walks of life donated about 850 million yuan)


Owners of units: Beijing State-owned Assets Management Limited Liability Company


Design unit: built in the design of the Commonwealth, Australia's PTW Architects, ARUP Australia Pty Ltd design


Construction units: the construction of a Bureau of Construction and Development Co., Ltd.


Building referred to as: the Water Cube (Water Cube)


English name: the National Aquatics Centre, (the National Aquatics Center)