China’s National Swim Center
Feb 27 2007, Kanchan

The National Swimming Center for the 2008 Olympics is an absolutely cool building. Known as the ‘Watercube,’ PTW’s design is a basic box, juxtaposed with an organic ‘bubble’ structure that makes up the building cladding.

The bubbles are both organic...

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