Absurdity, Allegory and China

Arup, the engineering company partnered with OMA in the building of the CCTV Headquarters Building, has just published their latest issue of the The Arup Journal [2/2008], with an article entitled CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China: Building the structure.

This is the third article Arup has published in their journal concerning this project. The other two are also available:

• CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China: Structural engineering designs and approvals [2/2005]
• CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China: Services engineering design [3/2005]

For anyone interested in a deeper look into arguably one of the world’s most interesting and controversial architectural projects, have a look. You won’t be disappointed.