beijing's water cube now

Beijing's water cube was one of the most spectacular venues at the Summer Olympic Games. One may best remember it as the place where Michael Phelps won eight gold medals.

To mark the second anniversary of the start of the summer olympics, the water cube was opened to the public as Asia's largest indoor water park. The water park takes up about 130,00-square-foot complex and features a wave pool, lazy river, spa area and 13 water rides, one is even stands at seven-stories high!

Here are the drawings during the planning stage.

And here it is now opened to the public at a $30 entrance fee.