Bizarre CCTV headquarters seems to defy gravity
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View of CCTV headquarters from below the cantilever section (Photo: OMA / Iwan Baan)
CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA/ Philippe Ruault)
CCTV headquarters under construction
CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA/ Philippe Ruault)
CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA/Jim Gourley)
CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA/ Philippe Ruault)
BTCC reflection, CCTV headquarters (Photo: OMA / Ou Qiang)
View from under the cantilever section (Photo: OMA / Iwan Baan)
The walk-on see-through portal in the cantilever section (Photo: OMA / Iwan Baan)
The BTCC adjacent to CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA / Iwan Baan)
CCTV headquarters, Bejing (Photo: OMA/ Philippe Ruault)
Time-lapse of CCTV construction
The towering CCTV headquarters consolidates the company's many facilities in one striking structure
CCTV's Beijing headquarters
CCTV headquarters site plan
Completion of the cantilever in December, 2007
Fire guts the BTCC adjacent to CCTV headquarters, Bejing, February, 2009
CCTV's Beijing headquarters (Photo: OMA / Iwan Baan)
Article Summary
Office buildings have traditionally been so staid that whimsical departures from the norm still trigger a strong response, both good and bad. The latest member of the avant-garde architecture club, the estimated US$1.08 billion, 44-floor, 768 ft (234 m) CCTV headquarters building in Beijing (already so iconic it's part of a board game for architecture groupies) is now finally complete - after nearly eight years of construction.
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