Beijing Television Cultural Center

The Television Cultural Center ( TVCC ) is a cultural center under construction in Beijing with 159 meters height and 34 floors opposite the building of the China Central Television Headquarters ( CCTV).

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA ) won on 20 December 2002 the construction contract from the Beijing International Tendering Co. to build the TVCC and CCTV Headquarters.

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, the TVCC served as a broadcasting center for foreign television journalists. After completion of a theater with 1500 seats, a ballroom, cinemas, exhibition spaces, a luxury hotel and conference center, a television studio and a computer center to be housed in the building complex.

The construction began in 2004, the opening was scheduled for mid- May 2009. Was a large fire on 9 February 2009, however, the TVCC burned out completely. Cause of the fire was ignited illegal fireworks at the end of the New Year. The damage is estimated at $ 588 million, sixteen suspects and head of design were arrested. The renovation work on the heavily damaged buildings continued in early 2012 to continue.

TVCC (left) and CCTV, February 10, 2009