The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (Chinese: 国家大剧院; pinyin: guójiā dà jùyuàn; literally: National Grand Theatre), and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
There's the "Bird's Nest" and here's "The Egg", both unique and beautiful architectural masterpieces. One can only imagine the beautiful acoustics it creates inside.
You don't need a fancy camera. Mine is just a point and shoot type and most people who join in are amateurs with point and shoot cameras as well. Anyway the camera doesn't really make the shot so much as the person taking it.
So you can take all the trips you like and still join in. ;-)
August 22, 2009
Very special looking place.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the view.
yw John...a very interesting place inside and outside...wish we had more time to explore inside...
ReplyDeleteWikipedia to the rescue:
ReplyDeleteThe National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (Chinese: 国家大剧院; pinyin: guójiā dà jùyuàn; literally: National Grand Theatre), and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
Thanks for the added info.
ReplyDeleteHugs.
Beautiful shot Cat. Ganda ng reflection.
ReplyDeletethanks Joey...ants yan sa loob ng egg yolk....bwahaha!
ReplyDeleteyou mean rotten egg yan? baka naman salted egg or century egg:-)
ReplyDeletebalut! na papunta pa ng balut..
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha... ano pa ba?
ReplyDeletegosh..how easy it was to seque from such interesting interior to balut :-)
ReplyDeleteI blame the Chinese for designing this as an egg though...
There's the "Bird's Nest" and here's "The Egg", both unique and beautiful architectural masterpieces. One can only imagine the beautiful acoustics it creates inside.
ReplyDeleteshould be...pang opera :-)
ReplyDeletenice reflections on floor!
ReplyDeleteVERY NICE... I LIKE :)
ReplyDeleteyes, parang reflections ng mga langgam...hehe...small peeps kc
ReplyDeletethanks, a very visually interesting building...the exterior already gives a big hint of it..but inside its more so..
ReplyDeleteWow, really nice shot Cat! You should join Picture Perfect and show off your awesome photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ted.
ReplyDeleteI will when I have a new cam :-)
by that time though I may have spent money on the cam and have less trips to see such appealing views *grin*
You don't need a fancy camera. Mine is just a point and shoot type and most people who join in are amateurs with point and shoot cameras as well. Anyway the camera doesn't really make the shot so much as the person taking it.
ReplyDeleteSo you can take all the trips you like and still join in. ;-)
that's the kind of statement that makes me feel optimistic about taking photos :-)
ReplyDeletethanks Ted!