Beijing is a city - ancient and modern. Exploring the ancient part of Beijing is a must for your Beijing trip including Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Hutong and many more. The Chinese Government as part of a plan to redevelop central Beijing with innovative and functional architecture, while preserving historic buildings at the same time. So when visiting Beijing, especially if it’s your first time, there are a few of jaw-dropping architecture you should include in your itinerary and experience to really appreciate this modern cosmopolitan city. Many of the attention-getting architecture buildings are mainly focusen on surrealism, avant-garde style and postmodernism. This "Top 10 Beijing New Landmarks Day Tour" is designed to select the most representitive top 10 new wow-chitecture buildings in Beijing for you to catch a glimpse in a private day tour or incorporate any of the top 10 new landmarks into your regular Beijing tour packages per your specific request.
Wow Architecture Beijing is a private guided day of the top 10 new landmarks and the information on the top 10 new buildings in Beijing offered by tour-beijing travel service. You’ll marvel at the thrilling views of Beijing's top 10 new landmarks on your trip.
Tour Code:MBSD-02
Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel around 9:00am
Finishing point and time: Your Hotel around 5:00pm
Attractions: exterior visit to the top 10 new buildings
Walking Level: beginner
Vehicle: Red Flag, Hyundai, Refine, Mercedes MB100
Service: Lunch + private tour guide & driver + private car / van
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire
We speak: English
The top 10 new buildings are:
The National Theatre - situated west of the Beijing's central Tian'anmen Square, has a huge glass and titanium dome-shaped structure surrounded by water. The egg-shaped theatre is designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, the designer of the terminal of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. The new National Theater is composed of the three halls nestled inside the egg holding 6,000 people. With its modernity, it is in the strong contrast to the Stalinist-style building of the Great Hall of the People and the golden eaves of the Forbidden City.
The Oriental Palaza - Oriental Plaza is a featuring city-within-a-city in the heart of Beijing, to the east of Tiananmen Square. It occupies an area of 100,000 sq. m. site area with a total floor area of 800,000 sq. m.. Oriental Plaza is known as one of the largest commercial complexes in Asia. Oriental Plaza is the manifestation of a big vision in Beijing’s new era of business and lifestyle choices with such large scale, a highly efficient and hi-tech office concept, a superb kinds of serviced apartments and an endless choices of shopping and leisure.
The Beijing Yintai Centre - located in the heart of Beijing's Central Business District along Beijing's Chang'an Avenue. It is a three-towered structure with the central tower rising 250m high and the two flanking towers about 186m. The central tower consists of Park Hyatt Beijing, Penthouses and Residences. The project was designed by John Portman and is an attention-getting architecture in Beijing.
The Jianwai SOHO - located at 39 East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (opposite the China World Trade Center). The complex has a total gross floor area of 700,000 sq m including 20 high rise towers and four villas on a site of 169,000 sq m. There are 20 rooftop gardens and 16 pedestrian lanes. As the "most fashionable life showcase of Beijing", the Jianwai SOHO has now been turned into one of the busiest urban centers integrating residential areas, offices, recreation facilities and retail outlets. The Jianwai Soho is deigned by the Japanese architect - Riken Yamamoto.
The New China Central Television ( CCTV ) Tower - located in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD), Chaoyang District. The new landmark comprises of two L-shaped high-rise towers connected at the top and the bottom at an angle to form a loop. Described as a 'Z' criss-cross, the looped tower is ofen dubbed as"a twisted doughnut" or "'the pants". The CCTV tower will employ 10,000 people and will allow China State Television to broadcast some 200 channels against the present limited 16 channels. Ove Arup & Partners (Arup) (East Asia and European divisions) are the civil engineering contractors. They are responsible for structural and mechanical engineering of the structure.
Beijing Linked Hybrid - also known as MOMA Phase 2, located adjacent to the north-east corner of old city wall of Beijing. The complex is designed by American architect Steven Holl. It is selected by Time magazine as one of ten best new architectural marvels. It is an ultra-modern expression of 21st.Century ecological urban living. The eight towers are linked at the twentieth floor by a ring of cafes and services. The encircled towers express a collective aspiration; rather than towers as isolated objects or private islands in an increasingly privatized city.
The New Poly Plaza - is an office building which is located at the southwestern corner of Dongsishitiao Bridge, directly facing the older Poly Plaza. It occupies an area of up to 10,600 square meters with the 27-storey building. It is designed by SOM of the United States. New Poly Plaza has the world’s largest flexible cable glass curtain wall and Beijing’s highest skyscraping atrium. It is reputed as a masterpiece in the world. The plaza is up to the world’s advanced level as an office building in the respect of internal functions.
The Xihuan Plaza - located to the Northwest of Xizhimen Bridge on the north-west corner of the second ring road. It consists of three Grade-A office towers and a mega-shopping mall covering over 260,000 sqm. It is the largest single complex building in the wetern part of Beijing at the present. The complex is close to No.02 Subway, No.04 Subway and No.13 Light Raiway. There are about 40 public buses passing by. It has a commanding the landscape, regarded as the first "Total Sunhine office Building".
The National Stadium (Bird's nest) - Situted at the Olympic Green, it has a floor space of 258,000 sq meters. The National Stadium in Beijing is the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games. It is often dubbed the "bird's nest" because of its featuring grid formation. The twig-like structure and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project. It is designed by Herzog and DeMeuron. The most unique feature of the structure is its "cushion" system which can fill the spaces within the building's facade to regulate wind, weather, and sunlight. It can accommodate 91,000 visitors and hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field competitions and the football finals during the 2008 Olympic Games.
The National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ) - located just to the west of the Birs' Nest, designed by the design consortium composed of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia). The National Swimming Center will be the only important Olympic venue that is built by donations from compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao. It has a total floor space of 50,000 square meters with a seating capacity of 17,000. The whole project costs about US$100 million. The center was used for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the Olympic Games 2008. After the games, the center will turn into a large water recreational center open to the public. It is dubbed "cube" because of its semi-transparent "bubbles" spread out all over its surface with a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O.
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