Is this not the most insane building in the world?
digg this pic. Or have you reddit?
About the building:
The project was started in september 2004 following a review of the
design by a panel of Chinese experts. The construction is scheduled to
be completed in time to broadcast the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The
development is being undertaken by the Chinese Government as part of a
plan to redevelop central Beijing with innovative and functional
architecture, while preserving historic buildings at the same time.
The new building will involve two 'L' shaped high-rise towers linked
at the top and the bottom at an angle to form a loop, which has been
described as a 'Z' criss-cross. The total construction cost is
estimated at €600 million ($750 million). The CCTV tower will employ
10,000 people following completion in 2008. But the construction was
daleyted because of the opposition against this buildings cost, so the
developers say the building will probably not be completed before
2009. (Source: SkyscraperCity)
It was designed by Rem Koolhaas and his company OMA.
About the image:
This high definition range image was created with three RAW files.
I've created four different HDR versions and edited the best out of
each version on top of the other. Took me over two hours to finish
this beast in Photoshop.
Taken in Beijing, China.
- Jakob
I'm always posting pictures and videos on my blog in high res, be sure to check it out!
Explored: 2008-04-23 #487
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Leo L.S. LIU 58 months ago | reply
An even more avant-garde (or shall I say crazy?) architecture is ongoing in Shenzhen according to JDS, though no construction news for that building was heard yet.
The city is in southern China next to Hong Kong, it is the hometown of Jianlian YI and Yundi LI.
Look forward to the completion of these revolutionary architectures, I believe they can save the earth from (for) us.
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poeloq 57 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Best of Beijing (Creative Commons!), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
photo-artiste 57 months ago | reply
that is really GREAT!!
ComputerHotline 51 months ago | reply
Cool HDR !!!
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enguany 51 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Architecture Around the Globe, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Chris (back with my daughter) 50 months ago | reply
Well it has been a target of harsh critics since the very first day the project began. The government put too much money in it and the people are not happy with it.
It has not yet any offical names yet. A few months back, they were discussing to give this building a new name to wash off those satiring nicknames, such as "Big Shorts". "Zhi Chuang" (window of wisdom) is under consideration but there's already a corruption word for it 'Hemorrhoids' (sharing the same pronunciation as that of Window of Wisdom in Chinese).
scott_r_johnson 44 months ago | reply
I just saw this photo in the current issue of Popular Science. (December 2009). Unfortunately, the image rendition suffers greatly; it's *much* better in the original bits.
Beautiful image. Good Job!
invisible consequential 44 months ago | reply
Nice shot of the underpants building. Thanks for sharing with Creative Commons. I used this with an analysis of whether China will emerge greener from the economic downturn. Evidence so far points to the dumping of environmental assessments in favor of spurring the construction sector. www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000155
Eddi van W. 41 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Creative Commons- Free Pictures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Bert Kaufmann 41 months ago | reply
~ thanks for sharing your beautiful picture ~
Creative Commons - Free Pictures
Michael David Pedersen 41 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ScratchDown. This photo is amazing and would be perfect for "scratching and guessing". We'd be grateful if you would add it to the group!
Dan Stiver 38 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Deconstuctivism and Related Architecture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
buddhadog 37 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Oriental Land , and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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ComputerHotline 34 months ago | reply
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DChai21 30 months ago | reply
This Beijing, China CCTV station completion owe it to excellent structural engineering consultancy of ARUP Engineers. Without them or other capable engineers, the Architect' dream shall not be realized.
inal2 28 months ago | reply
where the equilibrium point
БРАТСТВО 28 months ago | reply
Very cool photograph!
TheEpicEngine 13 months ago | reply
Great shot and thanks for offering it as creative commons. It has been featured on the adventure lifestyle blog TheEpicEngine.com
www.theepicengine.com/2012/05/23/the-daily-epic-3/
media_cowboy 8 months ago | reply
Great photo. Thank you for posting it.
@yakobusan Jakob Montrasio 孟亚柯 7 months ago | reply