New CCTV TowerⅡ

Glaziers have been busy since Wednesday with the construction of the glass exterior of CCTV Television Station and Headquarters. The 234-meter-tall skyscraper located in the capital's downtown area will open for use on January 1, 2009. And the building's Television Cultural Center (TVCC) will inaugurate for live Olympic broadcasting during the Beijing Olympic Games.

In 2007, the skyscraper was listed as one of the "Top 10 Architectural Wonders of the Year" by Time Magazine.

While elaborating on his design concept, Ram Koolhass, designer of "Z crisscross" said: "It's the architecture that China needs -- I bring it to you now!" Wu Yaodong, vice general architect of Tsinghua Architecture Design Institute, pointed out "The open attitude shown in selecting design schemes of this high caliber has surpassed the architecture itself."