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Facts
Official Name CCTV Headquarters
Former / Other Name China Central TV Headquarters
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Beijing
Street Address / Map 32 Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District
Building Function office
Structural Material steel
Proposed 2002
Start of Construction 2005
Completion 2012
Global Ranking #321 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #158 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #97 tallest in China
City Ranking #4 tallest in Beijing
Figures
Height: Architectural 234.0 meter / 768 feet
Height: Occupied 213.9 meter / 702 feet
Height: To Tip 237.5 meter / 779 feet
Height: Observatory 162.9 meter / 534 feet
Height: Helipad 234.0 meter / 768 feet
Floors Above Ground 54
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 75
Top Elevator Speed 7 m/s
Tower GFA 316,000 m² / 3,401,396 ft²
Development GFA 473,000 m² / 5,091,330 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 2702
Companies Involved
Owner China Central Television
Developer General Office of CCTV New Site Construction & Development Program
Design Architect Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Associate Architect ECADI
Structural Engineers Ove Arup & Partners;
East China Architectural Design and Research
MEP Engineer Ove Arup & Partners
Project Manager Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Main Contractor China State Construction
Other Consultants RWDI
Videos
Asia Agenda
CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
C.Robinson (TEKLA), CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Challenging Preconceptions of the High-Rise Typology
R.Koolhaas (OMA), O. Scheeren (OMA), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Technical Papers
Finding Structural Solutions by Connecting Towers
Andrew Luong (Arup), Michael Kwok (Arup), CTBUH Journal
Asia Agenda
Ole Scheeren (Büro Ole Scheeren), CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Case Study: CCTV Building - Headquarters & Cultural Center
C. Carroll (Arup), P. Cross (Arup), CTBUH Journal
Challenging Preconceptions of the High-Rise Typology
R. Koolhaas (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Other CTBUH Links
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012
CCTV Headquarters, Beijing
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2012

News Articles
Video: Rem Koolhaas Talks CCTV
CTBUH Global News, 2012-10
Rem Koolhaas Discusses the CCTV Tower
Newsweek, 2012-07
CCTV Headquarters Finally Completed
CTBUH Global News, 2012-05
Loved and hated China TV tower to open next year
Reuters, 2011-10
Strange Skyscrapers: 14 of the World's Weirdest Towers
Web Urbanist, 2010-11
Don't Look Down: Peculiarly Precarious Modern Buildings
Web Urbanist, 2009-09
'An Obsessive Compulsion Towards the Spectacular'
Spiegel Online, 2008-07
OMA and Arup Reimagine the Skyscraper
Architectural Record, 2008-07
China Puts Twist on Traditional Skyscraper
USA Today, 2008-01