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Global Best Projects Winner, Office: China Central Television Headquarters

Photo Courtesy of Arup

China Central Television's looping first-of-a-kind structure resulted from a close collaboration between OMA, three Arup offices and other consultants in Europe, Asia and America. The cooperation was essential in delivering the design (ENR 7/21/08 p. 30) for the building's external continuous tube system.

Judges noted the difficulties of gaining approval for a design outside the prescriptive Chinese building code and also the challenge of connecting the two towers in the 13-story overhang suspended 36 stories in the air. The linkage was accomplished at dawn when both towers were at the same ambient temperature to minimize differential movement.

Location Beijing

Project Team

Owner General Office of CCTV New Site Construction and Development, Beijing

Architect Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands

General Contractor/CM China State Construction and Eng. Corp., Beijing

Structural and MEP Engineers Arup, Beijing, London, Hong Kong offices

Civil Engineer East China Architecture and Design Institute, Shanghai

Jan Tuchman is editor-in-chief emeritus and events consultant for Engineering News-Record, continuing to work on content development for both the New York/New Jersey and the LA Infrastructure forums. After a 48-year career at ENR , she retired from full-time work in August of 2024—most recently serving as executive editor for the brand’s entire events portfolio. She is a member of the Columbia University Center for Buildings, Infrastructure, and Public Spaces, and she is active in The Moles, a heavy construction leadership organization, and the National Academy of Construction. Her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism are from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Industry honors include NAC’s Ted C. Kennedy Award and the service and supply award from the Beavers. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and spends time singing in the Brooklyn Community Chorus and working on a climate change action committee.

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