CNOOC Building

China National Offshore Oil Corporation Building
中海油总部大楼
A triangular greenish glass-faced building, flaring outward the higher it gets, rises over a street lined with freshly budding trees on which a blue and white trolleybus is stopped
View from southwest, 2014
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General information
TypeCorporate headquarters
Town or cityBeijing
CountryChina
Coordinates39°55′25″N 116°25′35″E / 39.92369°N 116.42637°E / 39.92369; 116.42637
Named forChina National Offshore Oil Corporation
Opened2006
Technical details
Structural systemConcrete[1]
MaterialTerra cotta, glass
Floor area90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Louie[1]
Architecture firmKohn Pedersen Fox[2]
Structural engineerChina Architecture Design & Research Group[1]
Main contractorChina State Construction Engineering
Awards and prizesHong Kong Institute of Architects Architecture Merit Award and Sustainability in Design Award (2007),
Beijing Urban Planning Commission Design Excellence Award (2003)

The CNOOC Headquarters Building (simplified Chinese: 中海油总部大楼; traditional Chinese: 中海油總部大樓; pinyin: Zhōnghǎiyóu zǒngbù dàlóu) is located on the Second Ring Road in the Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing's Dongcheng District. It is the corporate headquarters for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, one of the country's two state-owned oil companies. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and opened in 2006.

  1. ^ a b c "CNOOC Headquarters specs". Architectural Record. 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "CNOOC Headquarters". Kohn Pedersen Fox. 2015. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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