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National Centre for the Performing Arts

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    In Chinese architecture: Into the 21st century

    …massive and controversial constructions: the National Centre for the Performing Arts, called “The Egg” and contrasting with the rectilinear architecture of Tiananmen, which it adjoins, designed by French architect Paul Andreu; and the CCTV Headquarters, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. In the wake of the Olympics, the German firm…

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