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 | A worker walks atop the roof of the National Stadium (R), also known as the Bird's Nest, as cleaners abseil down the exterior of the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, at the Olympic Green in Beijing July 17, 2008. While feats of athletic brilliance may be the main focus of cameras during the Beijing Olympics, the telegenic venues set to host the athletes will draw their own share of gasps from admiring spectators. Beijing's Olympic construction boom has bequeathed an 800-year-old city with some of the world's most futuristic architectural statements, potent symbols of a resurgent power's desire to showcase its development and mastery of technology. click to open  |  | Two Olympic venues, the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, left, and the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, at right, are seen in Beijing click to open |
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