Taipei 101

Taipei 101
臺北101 / 台北101
Ither names	Taipei Financial Center
Record hicht
Hie-est in the warld frae 2004 tae 2010
Whit cam afore	Petronas Touers
Whit cam efter	Burj Khalifa
General information
Kynd	Commercial affices
Location	Xinyi Destrict Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	25°2′1″N 121°33′54″E
Biggin stairtit	1999
Completit	2004
Openin	December 31, 2004
Cost	NT$ 58 billion US$1.8 billion)
Awner	Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Management	Urban Retail Properties
Hicht
Airchitectural	509 m (1,669.9 ft)
Ruif	449.2 m (1,473.8 ft)
Tap fluir	439 m (1,440.3 ft)
Observatory	391.8 m (1,285.4 ft)
Technical details
Fluir coont	101 5 below grund
Fluir aurie	193,400 m2 (2,081,700 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	61 Toshiba/KONE elevators, includin double-deck shuttles an 2 heich speed observatory elevators)
Design an construction
Airchitect	C.Y. Lee & Partners
Structural ingineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor	Samsung Engineerin an Construction Company Kumagai Gumi Taiwan Kumagai RSEA Engineering Ta-You-Wei Construction
Wabsteid
taipei-101.com.tw
References

Taipei 101 (Cheenese: 臺北101 / 台北101), formerly kent as the Taipei Warld Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper locatit in Xinyi Destrict, Taipei, Taiwan. The biggin ranked offeecially as the warld's tawest frae 2004 til the openin o the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. In Julie 2011, the biggin wis awairdit LEED Platinum certification, the heichest awaird in the Leadership in Energy an Environmental Design (LEED) ratin seestem an acame the tawest an lairgest green biggin in the warld. Taipei 101 wis designed bi C.Y. Lee & pairtners an constructit primarily bi KTRT Jynt Venture. In 2001, TFCC haundit ower the entire construction authority tae Samsung C&T Corporation tae expedite the process an tae save KTRT Jynt Venture's loss. The construction wis finished in 2004. The touer haes served as an icon o modren Taiwan ever syne its openin. Firewirks launched frae Taipei 101 feature prominently in internaitional New Year's Eve broadcasts an the structur appears frequently in travel leeterature an internaitional media.

Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors abuin ground an 5 floors unnerground. The biggin wis architecturally creatit as a seembol o the evolution o technology an Asian tradeetion (see Seembolism). Its postmodrenist approach tae style incorporates tradeetional design elements an gives them modren treatments. The touer is designed tae wistaund typhoons an yirdquauks. A multi-level shoppin maw adjoinin the touer hooses hundreds o fashionable stores, restaurants an clubs.

Taipei 101 is awned bi the Taipei Financial Center Corporation (TFCC) an managed bi the Internaitional diveesion o Urban Retail Properties Corporation based in Chicago. The name originally planned for the biggin, Taipei Warld Financial Center, til 2003, wis derived frae the name o the awner. The oreeginal name in Cheenese wis literally, Taipei Internaitional Financial Center (Cheenese: 臺北國際金融中心).

Freemit airtins

• 2013 Taipei 101 New Year Fireworks
• Taipei 101 Official Website Archived 2018-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Taipei 101 Official Website – Observatory Archived 2012-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Taipei 101 Official Website – Mall Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
• YouTube – Taipei 101 New Year Fireworks 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• National Geographic Channel – Richard Hammond examines Taipei 101 Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Consulting services Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine by RWDI (wind engineering and emergency ventilation) and Motioneering (tuned mass damper)
• Megastructure Supports Taipei’s 508-Meter ‘Megatower’ Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine by Engineering News-Record, a weekly magazine by McGraw-Hill Construction of McGraw-Hill
• LEED Official Site
• C. Y. Lee Architects Office Official Website Archived 2021-03-22 at the Wayback Machine