CCTV Headquarter in Beijing, China.

In Beijing, coming to the end of the construction of Olympic facilities. The most striking building, built specifically for the Olympics-2008, is the future headquarters of the state broadcaster CCTV, valued at 600 million euros.

Designer by architect Rem Kohlhas (OMA architectural bureau, Rem Koolhaas). Area 54 - storey buildings Chinese central television is 475 thousand square meters, and is the largest individual standing building in the world after the Pentagon. The height of a skyscraper will be 234 meters.

In the central business district of Beijing architects placed two buildings - headquarters of CCTV and Television Cultural Centre. The surrounding territory will be turned into mediapark with attractions, entertainment, real film shooting area in the open air.

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