CCTV Headquarters http://localhost/taxonomy/term/254/all en When fake complexity goes wrong http://localhost/2009/02/10/when-fake-complexity-goes-wrong <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Part of the CCTV complex in Beijing <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-210127">burns down</a>. It's hard to tell from the <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-210781">aftermath pictures</a> what is the structural damage and what is the original design.</p> <p>See <a href="/2008/06/24/fake-complexity-cctv-headquarters/">Fake Complexity - CCTV Headquarters</a>.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:45:54 +0000 Mathieu Helie 120 at http://localhost Fake Complexity - CCTV Headquarters http://localhost/2008/06/24/fake-complexity-cctv-headquarters <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/0111/index.html"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/0111/images/12914_image_1.600x404.jpg" alt="Engineering firm ARUP provided the complexity for this project." width="200" height="auto" /></a></p> <p>From time to time I happen upon an attempt to "do" complexity that completely misses the point. In this first installment of many "Fake Complexity" topics, the culprit is Rem Koolhaas and his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCTV_Headquarters">CCTV Headquarters</a> for Beijing.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:06:56 +0000 Mathieu Helie 100 at http://localhost