Practice
OMA
Project Architect / Lead Partner
Dongmei Yao (Project Manager), Charles Berman, Adrianne Fisher, Anu Leinonen
BUILDING
China Central TV Headquarters
City
Beijing
Country
China
Commissioned
2002
Construction
2004
Completion
2012
Duration
8
YY
12
CLIENT
China Central Television CCTV
CONSULTANTS
ECADI (Associate Architect, Engineer),Arup, London/Hong Kong/Beijing (Structure, Services, Fire, Security), Front (Façade Engineering, Design Consultancy), Sandy Brown Associates Llp (Broadcast Consultancy), David Lamberty (Consultant), Lighting Planners Associates (Lighting), Dhv Building And Industry (Acoustics Consultancy), Ducks Scéno (Theatre Consultancy), Lerch, Bates & Associates (Vertical Transportation Consultants), Dmjmh+N (High Rise Consultant), Romano Gatland (Foodservice Consulting And Planning), Inside/Outside (Landscape), Stephen Scanlon (Buildability), Qingyun Ma (Strategic Advisor)
Storey
57
STATUS
Completed
PROGRAM
Offices + Headquarters
Amount
900000000
Currency
US Dollars
ARCHITECT'S
The CCTV headquarters aims at an alternative to the exhausted typology of the skyscraper. Instead of competing in the race for ultimate height and style within a traditional two-dimensional tower 'soaring' skyward, CCTV's loop poses a truly three-dimensional experience, culminating in a 75-metre cantilever. The building is visible from most of Beijing; it sometimes comes across as big and sometimes small, from some angles strong and from others soft. CCTV's form facilitates the combination of the entire process of TV-making in a loop of interconnected activities. Two towers rise from a common production studio platform, the Plinth. Each tower has a different character: Tower 1 serves as editing area and offices, and the lower Tower 2 is dedicated to news broadcasting. They are joined by a cantilevering bridge for administration, the Overhang. (© OMA)
COLLECTION
DFW
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