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In 2002, architect Rem Koolhaus and his firm the Office for Metropolitan Architecture won the competition for the design and construction of a new complex for the CCTV’s new headquarters to be completed in time for the Beijing Olympics. The building is now nearing completion.

The main building is not a traditional tower, but a continuous loop of five horizontal and vertical sections covering 4,100,000 square feet of floor space, creating an irregular grid on the building’s facade with an open center.

The use of glass is always perfected in his work. Another building you might recognize by Koolhaus is the Seattle Public Library, which is really just amazing and one of my favorites.