Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China (2008)
• January 22nd, 2008 • 1h 28min
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Overview
Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, on two very different projects: the national stadium for the Olympic summer games in Peking 2008 and a city area in the provincial town of Jinhua, China.
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