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CCTV Headquarters

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The CCTV Headquarters is a 51 floor skyscraper of two conjoined towers on the East Third Ring Road in the Beijing Central Business District, serving as headquarters for China Central Television and ranking as the world's tenth largest office building. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge, with Cecil Balmond of Arup providing the complex engineering design.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Office skyscraper 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Beijing, China 1
Completed Year
2012 2
Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account
234 1
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Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Skyscraper 1
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1. CCTV Headquarters (Wikipedia)
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  • lead paragraph, sentence 1
    The CCTV Headquarters is a 51-floor skyscraper consisting of two conjoined towers that sits on the East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD).
  • infobox, roof field
  • infobox, completion_date field
  • Lead section
    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.
  • In Style: Deconstructivism, Wikipedia category tag: Deconstructivism
  • Uses Element: Steel, Article body
    when the steel in the two towers cooled to the same temperature
  • In Group: Skyscrapers and Office Towers, Lead paragraph
    The CCTV Headquarters is a 51-floor skyscraper consisting of two conjoined towers that sits on the East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD).
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2. Wikidata: CCTV Headquarters
  • Wikidata Q754321, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q754321, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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