Beijing Television Center, Television studio and skyscraper in Chaoyang District, China.
The Beijing Television Center is a 41-floor skyscraper in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, rising to around 239 meters (785 feet). The building holds production studios, broadcasting facilities, and office spaces for several television channels and media organizations.
The building was completed in 2006, designed through a collaboration between the Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. It was built during a period when Beijing was expanding its media infrastructure and reshaping the Chaoyang skyline.
The building is the new headquarters of Beijing Television, now called the Beijing Radio and Television Station Guomao office area, and was named one of Beijing's Ten Great Buildings of the 2000s. Beijing Satellite TV moved its operations here on 1 April 2009, and by early 2012 all equipment had been transferred from the old Suzhou Bridge and Yuandaxilu sites.
The tower sits in the Chaoyang District, a well-connected part of Beijing with several metro stations nearby. Since it is a working media facility, public access inside is limited, but the exterior is easy to see from the street.
Although the building was co-designed by a Japanese firm, its clean vertical shape fits naturally into the straightforward tower style that spread across Chaoyang in the 2000s. It is one of the few towers in Beijing that combines active broadcast studios and regular office space within a single structure.
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