Herzog on the Bird’s Nest: “Only an Idiot would have said No”

Posted by JJ on Thursday, July 31, 2008

Star architect Jacques Herzog, the man behind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is a subversive place where people can meet in locations not easily monitored by officials. He also defends his decision to build for a regime criticized for human rights violations.

More in a one to one conversation with Herzog & de Meuron’s Jacques Herzog, from Der Spiegel Online