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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).
It was the tallest structure in the city until 2018, when it was surpassed by China Zun. It is the ninth-tallest tower in the world, and has its observation deck at 238 m (781 ft). The tower provides panoramic views over the city from its revolving restaurant and observation deck. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
East gate of CMG headquarters with the sign of CMG and the former logo of CCTV. The China Media Group Headquarters is a 112 m (367 ft), 27-story-tall office tower and television complex at 11 Fuxin Road in Haidian, Beijing, China. Construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1986 with the official opening in 1987.
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture won the contract from the Beijing International Tendering Co. to construct the CCTV Headquarters and the Television Cultural Center by its side on December 20, 2002. It accommodates visitors and guests, and will be freely accessible to the public.
Twin towers also recur in Chinese construction, where, while the structures still representing a relative rarity, architects and engineers have developed novel interlinking twinned structures such as the CCTV Headquarters. [4]
Another famous project in the city is the 234 m (768 ft), 51-storey CCTV Headquarters building, nicknamed "Big Shorts". [9] [10] [11] The skyscraper is not a traditional tower, but a continuous loop of five horizontal and vertical sections, creating an irregular grid on the building’s facade with an open center.
CCTV Tower may refer to either of two structures in Beijing: Central TV Tower , broadcasting tower finished 1992 CCTV Headquarters , office block finished 2008
CCTV Building may refer to: China Media Group Headquarters , the old CCTV headquarters and now served as the headquarters for China Media Group on Fuxing Road, Beijing CCTV Headquarters (CMG Office Block at Guanghua Road), the new CCTV headquarters on Guanghua Road, Beijing