China suddenly has no shortage of oddly designed (and sometimes beautiful) buildings. The new CCTV headquarters is one of them. The image on the left (thanks to OMA) shows the building with it’s facade complete. While they’re not done inside, the building sure looks pretty.
I was in Beijing a few months ago and got to snap a few pics of the building as they were still putting the windows in. My friend Chen, who lives in Beijing told me that they refer to this building as “the Giant Pants”, which got a chuckle out of me. It really is quite big though, when driving below it.
Here are two pictures I took of the building in late May of this year.
Click on them for much bigger versions (1600×1200).
Here are some facts about the new building, also courtesy of OMA.
FACT SHEET
Status:
Competition 2002; Completion 2009
Client:
China Central Television (CCTV)
Site:
20 hectares in new Central Business District
Program:
CCTV total 465.000m2 including administration, program offices, news production, broadcasting, program production, staff facilities, parking. TVCC total 95.000m2 including hotel, public facilities, parking and service building
Budget:
5 billion RMB (850 million euro)
Tower 1
Height 234m 54 floors footprint: 40*60m, 2400m2
Tower 2
Height: 210m, 44 floors, footprint: 40*52m, 2000m2
Overhang bottom
162m, 14 floors
Overhang cantilever
75m to the west, 67m to the south
Base height
45m, 9 floors footprint 160*160m
Basement
-18m, 4 floors
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