Faulty Tower

The owner of this building is CCTV, a Chinese TV station in Beijing. Two leaning tower connect toward each other with 10 degree incline. It can endure magnitude 8 earthquake, is not fragile as it's looks. Expect to be completed in 2008, serve as the international broadcasting center for the 2008 Olympics. The center will cost upwards of 900 million dollars, providing office space for 10,000 people.












(image credit: Greg Girard, National Geographic)

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