Flames have engulfed a tower of the new CCTV
Headquarters in Beijing, a state-of-the-art building
designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, housing the
unfinished 40-story Beijing Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The
building stands next door to the landmark CCTV tower,
also designed by Koolhaas. While no cause for the fire has
been confirmed by Chinese officials, Chinese New Year
fireworks went off around the building Monday and are
believed to have caused the blaze.
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CCTV building on fire in Beijing
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- Giulia Guzzini
- 09 February 2009