The NationalAquaticsCenter in Beijing, newly built for the Olympics, is a
glowing cube of bubbles. The walls, roof and ceiling of the “Water Cube” are
covered — indeed, made from — enormous bubbles that seem to have drifted into
place randomly, as if floating on the surface of a pool.
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