CCTV China Central Television Headquarters

Keeping in mind that the Chinese manage to prepare themselves for the olympics in such paced time, I'm now constantly impressed by how China is developing and rising against other nations. Their open-mindedness in architectural design is further manifested by the recent CCTV Headquarters in Beijing.



Rem Koolhaas(Netherlands) and Ole Scheeren(Germany) of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the complex engineering design. The building was built in two separate building and later was joint as picture shown below.



Somehow, its design reminds me of an escher illusion. Nevertheless, props to China for building an almost impossible feat of construction challenge. Read more here.