CCTV Headquarters

CCTV Headquarters
CCTV Headquarters
Simplified Chinese	中央广播电视总台光华路办公区
Traditional Chinese	中央廣播電視總台光華路辦公區
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngyāng Guǎngbō Diànshì Zǒngtái Guānghuá Lù Bàngōng Qū

CCTV Headquarters
CCTV Headquarters
中央广播电视总台光华路办公区
	CCTV Headquarters in 2019
Alternative names	China Central Television Headquarters; China Media Group (CMG) Office Block at Guanghua Road; Central Chinese Television Tower
General information
Location	East Third Ring Road; Guanghua Road; Beijing, China
Coordinates	39°54′48″N 116°27′29″E / 39.91347°N 116.45805°E
Construction started	1 June 2004
Completed	16 May 2012
Owner	China Media Group
Management	China Media Group
Height
Roof	234 m (768 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	51; 3 below ground
Floor area	389,079 m2 (4,188,010 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	75
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Office for Metropolitan Architecture; East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Developer	China Media Group
Structural engineer	Ove Arup & Partners
Main contractor	China State Construction and Engineering Corporation
References

The CCTV Headquarters is a 51-floor skyscraper formed out of a pair of conjoined towers that sits on the East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD) and serves as the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV). Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Cecil Balmond at Arup provided the complex engineering design.

The building's construction began on 1 June 2004 and its façade was completed in January 2008. The structure was feted by some architectural critics as "the greatest work of architecture built in this century"^[7] and was named the 2013 Best Tall Building Worldwide by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

^ ^a ^b China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters, Turner Construction
^ "CCTV Headquarters". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
^ "Emporis building ID 172398". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
^ "CCTV Headquarters". SkyscraperPage.
^ CCTV Headquarters at Structurae
^ "China's distinctive CCTV headquarters is completed". The Guardian. Associated Press. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF (11 July 2011). "Koolhaas, Delirious in Beijing". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[Turner-1] China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters, Turner Construction

[2] "CCTV Headquarters". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.

[3] "Emporis building ID 172398". Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.

[4] "CCTV Headquarters". SkyscraperPage.

[5] CCTV Headquarters at Structurae

[Guardian2012-6] "China's distinctive CCTV headquarters is completed". The Guardian. Associated Press. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[NICOLAI_OUROUSSOFF-7] NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF (11 July 2011). "Koolhaas, Delirious in Beijing". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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