Beijing Capital Museum is located on Fu Xing Men Avenue, a major thoroughfare running east-west as a continuation of Xi Chang An Jie Avenue, which runs alongside the Forbidden City and Tien An Men Square. Fu Xing Men Avenue will ultimately be flanked by a series of high-profile cultural amenities including an opera house and a library. The museum was planned as one of the city flagship public building and will participate in the image of Beijing as a worldwide main capital. The museum has a total surface area of 60,000 sqm protected by a rectangular horizontal roof. It stands back from the avenue in order to create a public square that opens out onto the city.

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Architects: AREP

Location: Fu Xing Men Wai Da Jie Fu Lu, Xicheng Qu, Beijing Shi, China
Area: 60000.0 m2

Project Year: 2006

Photographs: D. Boy de la Tour, Andrew Yu, Tristan Chapuis

Partner: ADIMC (Architecture & Design Institute of the Ministry of Construction, Cui Kai, architect), Beijing

Client: City of Beijing

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Text description provided by the architects. Beijing Capital Museum is located on Fu Xing Men Avenue, a major thoroughfare running east-west as a continuation of Xi Chang An Jie Avenue, which runs alongside the Forbidden City and Tien An Men Square. Fu Xing Men Avenue will ultimately be flanked by a series of high-profile cultural amenities including an opera house and a ...