Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have broken ground on their biggest project yet. “On Christmas Eve, construction began on its biggest project yet: the Olympic Stadium, which will form the centrepiece of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The 100,000 capacity arena promises to be the most remarkable stadium since Gunter Behnisch’s 1972 Olympic Stadium in Munich. It looks like a giant bird’s nest, with a mass of structural members intertwined to form its huge basket.”