CCTV Headquarters, Beijing
E160889
CCTV Headquarters in Beijing is a landmark skyscraper known for its striking looped form and innovative deconstructivist architecture, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CCTV Headquarters, Beijing canonical | 3 |
| CCTV HQ | 1 |
| CCTV Headquarters | 1 |
| CCTV Headquarters building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1400643 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCTV Headquarters, Beijing Context triple: [Deconstructivism, notableWorkExample, CCTV Headquarters, Beijing]
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A.
Working People’s Cultural Palace
The Working People’s Cultural Palace is a historic imperial ancestral temple complex in central Beijing that now serves as a public cultural site and park.
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B.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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C.
Wukesong Sports Centre
Wukesong Sports Centre is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting professional basketball games and international ice hockey events.
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D.
Great Hall of the People
The Great Hall of the People is a monumental state building in Beijing that serves as the meeting place of China’s national legislature and a key venue for major political and ceremonial events.
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E.
Historic Centre of Beijing
The Historic Centre of Beijing is the ancient urban core of China’s capital city, encompassing its most significant imperial, cultural, and architectural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCTV Headquarters, Beijing Target entity description: CCTV Headquarters in Beijing is a landmark skyscraper known for its striking looped form and innovative deconstructivist architecture, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA.
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A.
Working People’s Cultural Palace
The Working People’s Cultural Palace is a historic imperial ancestral temple complex in central Beijing that now serves as a public cultural site and park.
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B.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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C.
Wukesong Sports Centre
Wukesong Sports Centre is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in Beijing, China, known for hosting professional basketball games and international ice hockey events.
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D.
Great Hall of the People
The Great Hall of the People is a monumental state building in Beijing that serves as the meeting place of China’s national legislature and a key venue for major political and ceremonial events.
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E.
Historic Centre of Beijing
The Historic Centre of Beijing is the ancient urban core of China’s capital city, encompassing its most significant imperial, cultural, and architectural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deconstructivist architecture
ⓘ
headquarters building ⓘ landmark building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CCTV Headquarters, Beijing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CCTV HQ
|
| architect |
Ole Scheeren
ⓘ
Rem Koolhaas ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | deconstructivism ⓘ |
| architectureFirm | Office for Metropolitan Architecture ⓘ |
| awardBy | Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ⓘ |
| awarded | Best Tall Building Worldwide 2013 ⓘ |
| city | Beijing ⓘ |
| completionDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designCompetitionWin | 2002 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
large irregular grid exoskeleton
ⓘ
two leaning towers connected by a 90-degree cantilevered overhang ⓘ |
| developer |
China Media Group
ⓘ
surface form:
China Central Television
|
| engineeringChallenge | complex load distribution due to leaning towers and overhang ⓘ |
| fireIncidentRelated | 2009 fire at adjacent TVCC building ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 473000 m² ⓘ |
| floorCount | 51 ⓘ |
| function | television broadcasting headquarters ⓘ |
| hasNickname |
Big Pants
ⓘ
Big Underpants ⓘ |
| height |
234 m
ⓘ
768 ft ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1 January 2008 (CCTV’s new year’s broadcast from building shell) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing Central Business District
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Business District, Beijing
Chaoyang District ⓘ
surface form:
Chaoyang District, Beijing
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| mainContractor | China State Construction Engineering Corporation ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure | TVCC (Television Cultural Center) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic silhouette in Beijing skyline
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innovative looped form ⓘ |
| occupant |
China Media Group
ⓘ
surface form:
China Central Television
|
| openingDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| shape | continuous three-dimensional loop ⓘ |
| startDateOfConstruction | 2004 ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer |
Ove Arup & Partners
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surface form:
Arup
|
| structuralSystem | diagrid steel frame ⓘ |
| toppedOut | 2008 ⓘ |
| UNESCORecognition | listed as one of the top 10 architectural achievements of the 21st century (informal recognition) ⓘ |
| uses |
broadcast studios
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news production ⓘ offices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CCTV Headquarters, Beijing Description of subject: CCTV Headquarters in Beijing is a landmark skyscraper known for its striking looped form and innovative deconstructivist architecture, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CCTV HQ
this entity surface form:
CCTV Headquarters
this entity surface form:
CCTV Headquarters building