Water Cube Ready For The Olympics

One of the most extraordinary works of the history of the Olympic Games was recently presented, the Water Cube - the group that will receive water evidence in the swimming, synchronized swimming and ornamental jumps from Beijing 2008 and which was in construction since December 24, 2003.

More than 1 million square meters of Ethylene-Tetrafluoretileno (ETFE) were used to have a metal structure that maintains the building that occupies a total area of 100 thousand square meters.

Water Cube was recently used for the first time during the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Swimming China Open (Test Event).

From the outside:

From the inside: