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Wikipedia: The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), 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.
![[National Grand Theatre in Beijing, China. Viewed from Northeast.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/National_Grand_Theatre_s.jpg "National Grand Theatre in Beijing, China. Viewed from Northeast.")
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![[A picture of China National Grand Theatre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beijing_NCPA_s.jpg "A picture of China National Grand Theatre")
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![[The National Centre for the Performing Arts with the Great Hall of the People in the background]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beijing_National_Centre_for_the_Performing_Arts_1_s.jpg "The National Centre for the Performing Arts with the Great Hall of the People in the background")
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![[Building detail: transition from glass to titanium.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/National_Grand_Theatre_detail_s.jpg "Building detail: transition from glass to titanium.")
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![[Inside the theater]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Inside_Beijing_National_Grand_Theater_s.jpg "Inside the theater")
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![[Inside decoration]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DecorationBeijingNationalTheater_s.jpg "Inside decoration")
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