2008 Beijing Olympic Pool
My first thought was, "WTF! who is the genius that thought this concept up?" It looks like a movie set for an antacid commercial and China is paying $100 million "large" for it. They call it the "Water Cube". ... No, really!
Australian-based architects PTW and engineering firm Ove Arup won the contract to design and build this 2008 Olympic National Swimming Centre in Beijing. To be fair, they both have numerous architectural and enginering accomplishments as you will note from their sites but in my opinion they have placed form ahead of function and ease of use. The focal point should be the water and the athletes within it, not the antacid bubbles and the Superman-like "Fortress of Solitude" pillars by the dive platforms
Here is a detailed article from the Sports-Venue Technology website. Therein the technology is explained or explained away. You decide.
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