Beijing Olympic Architecture

摘要

Hosting high-profile events has increasingly become an important strategy for cities to boost urban growthrnand increase global visibility. The commercial success of the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, for example, demonstrated that the mega event could be highly profitable, while the Seoul Olympics in 1988 showed that the Games could be a coming-of-age event for a rapidly developing society. Arguably, the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 involved even higher stakes: it aimed to represent the re-emergence of China as a global power in the twenty-first century. The development of sports facilities and infrastructure has played a significant role in staging China to that new role.