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Albert Speer Jr

"Bird's Nest" National Stadium, Herzog de Meuron

Albert Speer Jr, an architect and urban planner like his father, helped design the master plan for Beijing’s Olympics. He was tasked with laying out the plan for access to the Olympics complex, focusing on the construction of an imposing avenue, which connects the Forbidden City and the National Stadium, aka Bird’s Nest.

From The Guardian and The Times of London.