Structural Elements

Various comparisons between structural elements in buildings/ pavilions:

Beijing National Stadium - Herzog & de Meuron

Structural design in the case of Beijing's National Stadium blends with the other non-structural supports thus creating a mysterious element.

London Olympic Stadium

The stadium structural supports and spanning trusses are easily identifiable. The set of rigging supported lighting and the fabric membrane on he roof helps to minimise the costs and uses of secondary systems, thus enabling very effective, economic roofing.