Rem Koolhaas - CCTV Building

[xjjxSoySaucexjjx]

crazy design, i hope it wont fall down lol

[shuchangfan]

I don;t like the look but at least it is unique, creative, and engineering achievement

[syw0429]

ugly shitty chinky ching chong shitty

[ACHEUNG379]

The power of a one party state

[ShoeProtestor]

Dont you mean the creativity of a Dutch architect?

[volter2]

So sad that it burned down :(

[panhead1219]

When did that happen? I thought it was the building next door.

[Zhy210]

我喜歡這首曲子

清晰的節奏感讓人非常舒服

[Mazmatickz]

This building is defying conventional architectural norm, a great landmark, definitely going to visit it when I travel to Beijing next time! 中國的變化很大，大城市的發展真是突飛猛進，希望我們中國人也越­變越好。

[georgewu5]

@Mazmatickz

ONLY BEFORE ANOTHGER EARTHQUAKE. QUICK !

[georgewu5]

@georgewu5 THE SUCCESS OF WITHSTANDING THE EARTHQUAKE IN TOKYO, 1923, OF IMPERIAL HOTEL BY WRIGHT DID NOT COME FROM "DEFYING CONVENTIONAL NORM"! WRIGHT DID MANY THINKING FOR THE THREE STOREY BUILDING. FIRST HE USED A SYMMETRICAL CHINESE DESIGN.THEN DESIGN THE ENTIRE BUILDING LIKE A REINFORCED CONCRETE BATHTUB WITH BARS TURNED UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR. MIND YOU, HE ONLY HAD A THREE STOREY BUILDING,NOT A 40 STOREY HIGH RISE LIKE CCTV! HE PROVIDE EXPANSION JOINTS EVERY 30 FEET....DANCEWU NET

[georgewu5]

@georgewu5 ...NO RIGHT ANGLE CONNECTIONS FOR ALL THE FLEXIBLE PLUMBING INSTALLATION. WRIGHT PROVIDED REFLECTING POOLS FOR FIRE EMERGENCY DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.WRIGHT WAS A GENIUS WHO DID NOT OVERLOOK THE EARTHQUAKE, ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH,THAT COULD BE AS POWERFUL AS 100,000 TONS OF FORCE. OR EUILVALENT TO THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT WAS DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA! WHAT MADE KOOLHAAS MORE INTELLIGENT THAN WRIGHT, THE GENIUS?! I DO NOT KNOW. GEORGE WU, A.I.A. 2010-7-2

[georgewu5]

@Mazmatickz "DEFYING CONVENTIONAL NORM" BY HAVING AN OFF CENTER PENDULUM OF GREAT MASS ON TWO SLANTED LEGS NOT SYMMETRICALLY LAYOUT , DOES SWING BACK BUT NOT NECESSARY FORTH IN AN EARTHQUAKE! "I-CHING" SAID THAT WORK WITH MOTHER NATURE; NOT AGAINST IT.YOU COULD KEEP YOUR"DEFYING CONVENTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL NORM" AND I WOULD RATHER TAKE MY 800 BILLION DOLLARS TO AN ARCHITECT WHO KNOWS THE POWER OF AN EARTHQUAKE AND DESIGN CCTV! THAT IS COMMON SENSE! GEORGW WU, AIA 2010-7-2

[sianghan]

I love this building, its so weird!

[phbfi]

Rem Koolhaas is a great Dutch architect ;)

[roseashleyk]

extraordinary structure, love Rem Koolhaas

[Isaacixav]

shut the fuck up!!!

[rwordplay]

As Robert Sawyer has written, Koolhaas has given the Chinese people a Bastille to tear down when they realize what this kind of building actually means.

[shunkaiy]

Agreed, "To the Bastille! To the Koolhaas!"

[superxy1000]

800million USD, not very expensive, considering that it is an iconic building-and also its the second largest building in the world by mass after pentagon

[xxJonko]

I hope it won't fall down o.o

[shuaihan]

this smelly shit mouth

[ja2156]

Yes - it was truly amazing as the citizens of Beijing stood watching it shake on Mon May 12, waiting for it to fall as the earth shook.

I've always wondered who gets the lower apex offices?

[superxy1000]

According to discovery documentary, it is built to be earthquake proof

[georgewu5]

ja2: THE GREAT ARCHITECT WRIGHT PREPARED TO DESIGN HIS EMPERIAL HOTEL IN TOKYO,AND STARTED WITH THE TRADITIONAL SYMMETRICAL DESIGN TO LAY OUT THE PLAN AND THEN REINFORCED THE ENTIRE BUILDING LIKE A BATH-TUB,PEOVIDING EXPANSION JOINTS AT THIRTY FEET ON CENTER,CARRIED THE REINFORCING RODS UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR;FLEXIBLE PIPING... HE BECAME FAMOUS AFTER THE BUILDING SURVIVED THE EARTHQUAKE. I RENTED A GUEST ROOM THERE IN 1963 AND ADMIRED HIS WORK VERY MUCH! BUT WHO IS KOOLHAAS?---DANCEWU(DOT)NET

[Eprius]

Truely amazing piece of art. its almost finished aswell xD

[joanbanjo]

Un edifici grandió, una llàstima q siga per a una televisió q manipula.

[g0calbears]

i sit overlooking this thing. too bad they cant connect the two towers right now. d'oh!

[vanvanss]

this building is just crazy, for me not any way to stay in side for over one min, what hell..........

[flkj8397]

the most expensive buiding all of the world.

0.8 billion dallors

[Depotmaster]

A building that symbolizes open-minded dialog for a STATE TV channel in a country with communist government? The Chinese planners don't understand much about language of architecture do they?

[shawn1cai]

First of all, China is no longer a pure Communist state. To experience why, visit China now please. People in that country has far more rights than before, if not almost on par with the U.S. with all its propaganda.

Politics and art should not mix, if that is what you are referring to.

If so, you should not mix those two either.

[jdubEVH]

Yeah, anyone who says that China is a communist state is a retard. I do have a question for you though: You say its not a *pure* communist state; does that imply that there are any communist policies in china at all, or is it generally free-market domestically? (i don't know much about china's economic policy!) Its a beautiful building; something to be admired, and idiots in the US are sitting around not doing shit but jerking themselves off about how "progressive" they think they are.

[shawn1cai]

Generally (98%), China is a free-market country. Though, the few largest, most major companies are still government owned; the most famous is probably CCTV itself.

However, even CCTV (and other government owned companies) have private commercials. Even the commercials used by and for CCTV are made by private companies. Times have changed. Those facts are true since the beginning of 1990s.

I haven't been back to China in eight years, so I myself do not know how far away China is from communism.

[shawn1cai]

Ran out of space.

Of course, the Chinese government policies aren't exactly like the U.S., but it is quite close to it.

As long as you keep up with standards (hygiene, quality, non-fraudulence), you can keep and maintain a business fine.

If you talk to any 40 year old Chinese who grew up in China, they will tell you that the "Communist Party" in China is just a label now. Times have really changed.

[albert008]

though it is a amazing building when its completed. it is also the world most money-wasting project. does anyone have a clue of what much is it?

[superxy1000]

800million USD, not very expensive, considering that it is an iconic building-and also its the second largest building in the world by mass after pentagon

[drqsns]

yes..Moby...but don`t know what song it is

[13kaas]

nice music as well. Moby?

[cHaRrOcK]

sta con madre el video canijo... ni que decir del proyectísimo!! para la historia!

[K7AGE]

I have been to CCTV in Beijing and seen the models of this building. It is going to be amazing when completed. Are the screens that come out of the ground real and part of the project? Randy