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Danwei TV 1: Big Buildings of Beijing

This is a new experiment: Danwei TV, hosted by yours truly, and shot and edited by Luke Mines. Click on the play button to watch. You need to have Quicktime installed. You can also watch the video on Youtube.com: Big Buildings of Beijing and on Revver.com.

The short program shows the current state of four of Beijing's new mega buildings:

- Rem Koolhaas' new CCTV building
- Paul Andreu's National Theater
- The National Swimming Center or 'Water Cube' designed by PTW
- The Olympic Stadium designed Herzog & de Meuron

The program was produced by Goldmines Film.

Below is another version of the video, hosted on Revver.com.

Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at www.sexybeijing.tv

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