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Source: CCTV.com
01-04-2009 16:06
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Among the numerous skyscrapers in Beijing’s Central Business District in the Guomao area of the city, one in particular catches the eye.
In this building that goes well beyond the conventional skyscraper style, two (tilting) towers are connected by a huge horizontal section in the air, creating an enormous space in the middle.
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The new work of architecture certainly distinguishes itself from the other high-rise buildings in the area, most of which look much the same.
This is the main CCTV building at CCTV’s new site, presently under construction.
Its unique appearance never fails to attract the attention of anyone passing by, most of whom ask themselves three questions in particular: Firstly, what the hell is that? Secondly, who decided to design a building using this bizarre pattern? And, thirdly, is this structure that seems to tilt in several directions all at once, really safe?
These are questions perhaps best answered by the man who designed it: a Dutchman by the name of Rem Koolhaas.
Rem Koolhaas is a world-famous architect who, in the west, is known as a pioneering and critical architect who has always challenged European architectural traditions.
This is the Seattle Public Library in the US. This is the Casa Da Musica in Porto, Portugal. This is the Campus Center of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
This is a provisional gallery in London’s Hyde Park. All these works of architecture are designed by Rem Koolhaas and his Office for Metropolitan Architecture
