Taipei 101
General Information
| Function / usage: |
Office building
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| Other name(s): | Taipei Financial Centre |
| Built: | 1999 - 2004 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Taipei, Taiwan, Asia |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 508 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 101 | |
| number of floors (below ground) | 5 | |
| gross floor space | 198 000 m2 |
Participants
Client
Architecture
Wind tunnel testing
Structural engineering
Co-contractor
Subcontractor
- Josef Gartner GmbH (façade)
Relevant Web Sites
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ArchiWeb: Taipei 101
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BBC: World's tallest building opens (14.11.2003)
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ENR: Megastructure Supports Taipei's 508-Meter Megatower' (24.11.2003)
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Taipei Financial Center (Taipei 101)
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Wikipedia: Taipei 101
Relevant Publications
- Taipeh 101, in "L'acier pour construire", December 2003, n. 79
- Record de hauteur à Taïwan, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 14 November 2003, n. 5216
- La tour taïwanaise 101 coiffe le monde, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 7 May 2004, n. 5241
- Good Vibrations, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", December 2001, n. 12 v. 71
- Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany), ISBN 3885065630, 2005; pp. 58-65
- Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA), ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 128-129
- Taipei 101 Financial Center: Das höchste Gebäude der Welt, in "Bauingenieur", March 2004, n. 3 v. 79
- Reaching for the Sky, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", January 2004, n. 1 v. 74
- Megastructure Supports Taipei's 508-Meter Megatower', in "Engineering News Record", 24 November 2003
- Rack-and-Pinion Hoists Still Deliver, in "Engineering News Record", 24 November 2003
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0004823 |
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| Created: | 04/09/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |