We cant wait for August 8th. Opening Ceremony In Beijing

There will be 28 sports at the Beijing Olympics, and 302 events (165 men’s, 127 women’s and 10 mixed events). Nine of the events will be new ones. The sports, in alphabetical order, are: aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, football, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling

The Beijing National Stadium will be the primary architecture for the 2008 Olympic in China. It will held all of the track & field competitions plus the opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium is also known as the "Bird's Nest" due to it's amazing design. The architects of the "Bird Nest" are Pritzker Prize-winners Herzog & de Meuron plus several other super talented architects. The stadium seats 100 thousands audiences during the Olympics. The entire "Bird Nest" is constructed using over 45 thousands tons of steel and cost over 450 million USD. Here are some beautiful pictures of this amazing architecture:

The other amazing architecture built for the Olympic 2008 is the Beijing National Aquatics Centre, also known as the "Water Cube". It's built alongside Beijing National Stadium. It is constructed using ETFE clad structure so the outlook of the building is like a water cube. It will host all of the aquatic competitions during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Here are some shots of the "Water Cube":
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Serpentine Pavilion construction

The notoriously fickle London weather turned on the warmth and sunshine for the 20 July opening of the Frank Gehry Pavilion at Kensington Garden’s Serpentine Gallery. The collaboration with the Serpentine – the ninth in the gallery’s ongoing partnership with leading architects to create innovative, temporary structures – is an especially happy one: it marks the American starchitect’s first completed building in England as well as being his first project with son, Samuel.

At the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, fans of the famed architect John Lautner can get their fill

"The purpose of architecture" said John Lautner, "is to create timeless, free, joyous spaces for all activities in life." Nevermind that the man himself—who remains one of the most influential architects of the 20th century—actually resided in a humble Hollywood apartment for the majority of his career. Then again, Lautner also famously proclaimed that architecture has no end and no beginning. Case in point: the iconic Leonard J. Malin Chemosphere House created in 1960, which is featured prominently throughout a new exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles titled "Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner." Lautner addicts will get their fill here with newly crafted large-scale models, short color films, archive materials, never-before-seen drawings, architectural renderings, study models, and construction photographs. For those unable to experience it for themselves, however, we paid a visit to no, not the Chemosphere House, but its neighboring residence, another of Lautner's acclaimed designs and prime examples of a house which has preserved its original architectural integrity. Kudos and a big thanks to its owner, Resurrection boutique co-founder Mark Haddawy, who gave us the okay to photograph the canyon-esque abode situated a stone's throw from yet another iconic L.A landmark, Mulholland Drive.

Big Three (Vornado's Port Authority tower plans unveiled)

At a public meeting today of the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, plans were presented by the Vornado Realty Trust for a 40-story office tower, according to the Observer, which got the scoop. Vornado offered three potential designs, all very striking, not to mention strikingly emblematic of the responsible firms: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Pelli Clarke Pelli, and Kohn Pedersen Fox.

It is worth noting that what had once been a lonely corner off Times Square could soon boast three impressive towers, if not more: this new one, which would block the dominant Jersey view of the second, the Times Building across 8th Avenue, and a third, the FXFowle-designed Eleven Times Square. It is becoming quite the architectural hub, especially with 4 Times Square and One Bryant Park just down the block.