Goodbye TVCC
Rem Koolhaas' TVCC building under construction in Beijing burned down on Monday and was practically renderered unusable.
The TVCC building in Beijing, adjacent to the already famous CCTV headquarters
building, caught fire on Monday and was almost completely destroyed. The building
was still under construction and was supposed to be occupied by a hotel and cultural
facilities. It was designed by Rem Koolhaas' office OMA, who also designed the
main CCTV building (which obviously was unharmed by the fire). TVCC was one of
my most favorite current skyscraper designs due to its unique irregular geometric
form. Plus, it made a visually convincing companion to the CCTV building next
to it. It is deeply saddening to see it burn down like this. The disaster, which
took place on the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations, when the city
was engulfed in fireworks, is considered a bad omen for the new year by many witnesses.
Photos
at Stern.de
Article
at The New York Times (with video and audio commentary)
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