The first of many steel beams was put in
place to connect the twin towers of the new China Central
Television (CCTV) building in downtown Beijing on November 28,
2007. (Photo: People's Daily)
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cnsphoto)
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China.com.cn)
On Wednesday morning the first of many steel beams was put in
place to connect the twin towers of the new China Central
Television (CCTV) building in downtown Beijing, locally-based
Legal Mirror reported.
The divide, 180 meters high, perches at the upper half of the
whole building, which consists of two leaning towers 230 meters
high.
The unique building was designed by Ole Scheeren, a young German
architect, who is also said to be the boyfriend of Hong Kong film
star Maggie Cheung. Ole is also boss of OMA, a famous Netherlands'
architecture company.
Covering an area of 550,000 square meters, the building is now
under construction near Guomao Bridge along the Third Ring Road in
eastern Beijing, and is expected to be completed in 2009.
Earlier reports announced that the construction would cost 5
billion yuan, or about 677 million US dollars in total.
(CRI November 30, 2007)
