The Tanghe River Park, located in Qinhuangdao, China, features a new installation of red steel that stretches for 500 meters along the riverbank.
The Red Ribbon project integrates a boardwalk, lighting, seating, environmental interpretation, and environmental orientation. It is made of fiber steel, and lit from inside so that it glows red at night.
Four pavilions in the shape of clouds are distributed along the ribbon, which provide protection from the weather, meeting opportunities, and visual focal points.
Most of the VOIP phones only have the calling and receiving phone calls function. Per-Design from China designed this phone for the company GRANDI. It allows user to easily interact with others on both voice and video conversation through the Internet. I think it is kind of like the 3G technology. The problem is… if this phone requires Internet connection, why not using the computer, webcam and microphone instead?
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After more than four years of construction work, the Olympic venue in Beijing is ready to join the games.
The blue-coloured National Aquatics Center (NAC), nicknamed the “Water Cube” is a new landmark in Beijing, designed by PTW Architects from Australia. The air cushion structures are the first of their kind to be used in China and the largest and most complicated membrane system in any single project in the world.
With the efforts of various participants, many scientific and technical difficulties were overcome. Among the achievements, nine important self-dependent innovations resolved difficult topics related to the project’s steel structures, membrane structures and inner layout, formulated related work procedures and technical regulations, and filled the gap in China’s field of architecture.
The NAC is the only Olympic venue to be funded by donations from compatriots. It reflects the unity of the Chinese at home and abroad to stage the Olympic Games through joint efforts.
Located on the southern part of the central area of the Olympic Green in Beijing, the NAC has a planned construction area of 6.95 hectares. Being adjacent to the central axis of the city, the NAC is situated on par with the National Stadium, at an equal distance to the axis.
The NAC’s Games-time construction area is close to 80,000 square meters, containing 17,000 standard seats, including 6,000 permanent seats and 11,000 temporary ones. During the 2008 Olympic Games, it will produce 42 gold medals in swimming, diving and synchronized swimming.
After the Olympics, it will be converted into a multi-functional facility for sports, culture and recreation, featuring a “water setting” for members of society.
