BEIJING

天安门 (Tian An Men)

The Tiananmen Gate to the Forbidden City was built in 1415 during the Ming Dynasty. Towards the demise of the Ming Dynasty, heavy fighting between Li ZiCheng and the early Qing emperors damaged (or perhaps destroyed) the gate. The Tian'anmen square was designed and built in 1651, and has since enlarged four times its original size in the 1950s.

Inevitably, Tien An Men square recalls images of a failed Chinese revolution that took place just before the people of Eastern Europe successfully rose to gain liberty and democracy. But Tien An Men square is more than that. It was used as a place for gatherings in imperial times, and much later, Mao turned the enormous space into a perfect display of popular support using rallies. Parades of a million people passed through this square during his Cultural Revolution. After the 1989 Revolution, the square has not seen huge crowds anymore. Even so, it is so vast that crowds that would fill any other square in another city, would not even considered to be a crowd on Tien An Men.

This largest square in the world has several sights on its sides. At the northern side lies the Forbidden City, several gates, museums, and, obviously, the mausoleum of the Great Leader himself, Mao. The latter building cannot be missed as it lies at the heart of the square. After a visit to the Dashilan area, darkness had fallen over Beijing's skies and I entered Tien An Men square from the south. I was immediately struck by the bright illumination of all the main buildings and decided for a walk on this enormous square. It was so different from my summertime visits, when families sit on the square, mothers playing with their children, fathers flying kites for their sons, people enjoying the sun and the car-free area of the inner square. But now, the square was almost deserted and, indeed, was like a tiny desert inside the city.

Olympic Stadium 2008, Called "Bird Nest"

New Building in Beijing

Beijing At Night

BEIJING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Consultant Architect: Foster & Partners.

BEIJING International, designed by Foster & Partners. At t

Beijing International Airport, Beijing .heopening at the end of 2007, which coincided with the anniversary of China's 50th and to welcome the Beijing Olympics in 2008 .

This Building  is designed to accommodate 43 million passengers a year initially and 55 million by 2015, a figure that will probably push the new facility into the ranks of the top 10 busiest airports in the world . Given the scale and traffic, Foster & Partners focused on the experience when her was at the airport , and make sure to create a design where visitors only walk short distances.


Based on the experience of Foster to design Hong Kong's new mega-airport, the massive Chek Lap Kok, the Sprawling Beijing who alwaysput the spin-period single- under one roof. To help passengers distinguish between different parts of the spacious room, made skylights cast withvarious shades of yellow and red light on the wall as well asnavigational aids subtle but innovative. Architects are also thinking where creating sustainable, environmentally-A control system reduces carbon emissions, and skylights situated on the south-east axis reduce solar heat, keeping the building cool.

Been completed ahead of schedule for the 2008 Olympic Games in just a period of 4 years , Beijing Airport is designed to be the gateway to Beijing for the athletes from around the world . form a tap thataerodynamic d ith shape like a dragon who celebrate the flight.Domination shades of red, orange and yellow colors evoke traditional Chinese interior.

Norman Foster: " T erminal this new building is the largest and most advanced airport in the world - a celebration of the thrill and poetry of flight. "

"A gateway to Beijing, it communicates a unique sense of place, shape and color evoke a dragon as a symbol of  Chinese traditional. "