The Digital Building is a major telecommunications facility that was built in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is stores and processes information on a large scale, and serves as the main communications hub for Beijing.
Environmentally-Friendly Features
- Fair-faced concrete
- Outdoor ERP grid
- Glass curtain wall to reduce thermal conduction
- LED lighting
- Rainwater collection mechanismBeijing 2008: Digital Beijing Building delivered for use (November 5, 2007)
Other Pre-Olympics Construction Projects
Digital Building News and Information
- Google News: Digital Building
- Official Site: Digital Beijing Building Delivered for Use
- Xinhua News: "Beijing Opens Hi-Tech Command Hub for 2008 Games" November 6, 2007
- Architectural Record China: "Chinese Architects Look to the Future while Connecting with the Past" (2006)
- "The building, which Zhu designed with his former partners at the Shenzhen-Beijing firm Urbanus, will be the digital command center for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will serve as the capital’s communications hub in after the games are over."
- People's Daily: "Digital Beijing Building Breaks Ground" (June 19, 2005)
- People's Daily: "Blueprint of Digital Beijing Drawn up" (September 12, 2001)
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Also known as
Digital Beijing Building
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Located in
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Designed by Studio Pei-Zhu, a Chinese architectural firm
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Construction began
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Building operational
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Processes, stores, and broadcasts statistics and audio/visual information
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Built for the 2008 Olympics
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Centerpiece in the Digital Beijing project that will modernize technology throughout the cityPeople Daily: Blueprint of Digital Beijing Drawn up (September 12, 2001)
