Beijing residents are known across China for giving nicknames to just about everything, and the headquarters of China’s state and propaganda broadcaster, CCTV, is no exception. This monumental structure, which was swiftly dubbed „Big Underpants“ due to its shape in Beijing slang, was completed just in time for the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics – at least the exterior and shell were finished, with the actual move-in not occurring until 2012. The nickname didn’t exactly please the building’s architect, Ole Scheeren, a German, nor the government in Beijing. Despite the fact that the building’s sloped sides tend to accumulate a lot of Beijing’s dust, the city’s residents have come to accept their „Big Underpants“ as a permanent fixture of the skyline in Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD).