{"id":3404,"date":"2009-02-09T11:54:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T16:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2009-02-09T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T16:56:26","slug":"missed-by-thatmuch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/missed-by-thatmuch","title":{"rendered":"Missed by . . . thatmuch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually meant<\/a> “there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no goddamn way the building next to<\/em> the CCTV building<\/a> is going to stand up.”<\/p>\n

\"koolhaas_beijing_tvcc_fire\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course I’m hoping there are no fatalities from the fire, but I still believe that kooky main CCTV building is going to tip over in a stiff wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I actually meant “there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no goddamn way the building next to the CCTV building is going to stand up.” Of course I’m hoping there are no fatalities from the fire, but I still believe that kooky main CCTV building is going to tip over in a stiff wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[205],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-rem-koolhaas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-SU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1441,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lifes-rich-pageant","url_meta":{"origin":3404,"position":0},"title":"Life’s Rich Pageant","author":"Gil","date":"April 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Design Observer has a neat article about Rem Koolhaas and his CCTV building in Beijing. 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