Ling Long Pagoda
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| Ling Long Pagoda | |
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 Interactive map of the Ling Long Pagoda area | |
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| Location | Beijing, China |
The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower[1]) (玲珑塔[2]) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC). It is located near the Olympic Cauldron, on the northwest side of Beijing National Stadium.[3] "Ling Long" (玲珑) means delicate, and is referred to as the Delicate Tower in Chinese.
The permanent structure is a three-sided tower. The tower contains 6 occupiable pods with open space in between. One of the pods displays the Olympic rings. It is 128m tall, with 7 occupiable floors, each an equilateral triangle.[4] The floors are subdivided into two levels. The glass-walled pods are held up by three supporting ribs at the three corners.
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, the building was operated by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting.[5][6][7][8] Some international broadcast studios were located in the pods of the tower, offering skyline views as backdrops of Olympic broadcasts. Each floor was occupied by a television network. CCTV, BBC,[9] CBC Television for both French and English networks,[10] France Télévisions - France 2 & France 3,[11] and Mexican Olympic consortium, composed by Televisa[12] and TV Azteca, shared use of the tower's studio facilities. CBC occupied the fourth pod from the bottom.[13] BBC occupied the second pod from the bottom.[14][15] France Television was on the third floor.[16] NBC's Today Show tapes were made from the ground floor.[17]
