The Water Cube in Beijing's Olympic Green was designed by PTW Architects, CSCEC, CCDI and Arup, which the text calls a consortium. The article names no client. The design was chosen in July 2003. The infobox gives construction from 2004 to 2007 and opening in 2008, while the text gives no construction dates.
The article names no style and says the outer wall is based on the Weaire-Phelan structure. It has a steel space frame clad in over 100,000 square meters of ETFE pillows. The building is 584 feet (178 m) square and 102 feet (31 m) high. The text gives 65,000 square meters of land in one place and 32,000 covered in another.
It hosted the 2008 Olympic aquatics events, closed on October 19, 2009 for renovation and reopened on July 28, 2010. It also hosted curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics. It holds swimming pools and a water park. The article gives no hours.
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