The world on your hands
24
But if you want to know the modern architecture you should go to the CCTV building, it’s located in Beijing. It has 230 meters of height, it was built in 2003 for the architect Rem Koolhaas and it had cost USD 750 millions. This not traditional building, it is a continuous loop of horizontal and vertical sections that mark an urban style, but if you like Sports like canoeing and rowing you should go to Shnyi Center, it’s located in Beijing too, it has a capacity for 26.000 people and it was built for the architect Li Dan in 2004.
The fundamental principle of all aspects of art and architecture in China is the harmonious balance and its art is a subtle blend of tradition and innovation, native and foreign ideas, and secular and religious images. For this reasons China is an amazing place that you should visit in your next vacations.
For more information visit:
http://www.arqhys.com/construccion/sede-television.html
http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/patrimonios/granmuralla.htm
http://espanol.cri.cn/chinaabc/chapter7/chapter70101.htm
http://www.absolut-china.com/la-arquitectura-china-antigua-un-arte-de-madera-y-ladrillos/
http://bloginbeijing.blogspot.com/2008/07/instalaciones-olmpicas-piraguismo-y.html