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Structure-ID: s0004823
Created on: 09/04/02
Modified on: 05/19/04


Taipei 101

臺北 101, Taipei Financial Centre, Taipei International Financial Grand Tower-Building (臺北國際金融大樓)
Built: 1999 - 2004
Status: in use
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei 101
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Function / usage:
Office building

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Client Kumagai Gumi
  Turner Construction Co.
Architecture C. Y. Lee & Partners
Wind tunnel testing Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Structural engineering Evergreen Consulting Engineering, Inc.
Co-contractor Kumagai Gumi
Subcontractor Josef Gartner GmbH façade

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DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  height 508 m
  number of floors (above ground) 101
  number of floors (below ground) 5
  gross floor space 198 000 m2

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkArchiWeb: Taipei 101 Czech
External LinkBBC: World's tallest building opens (14.11.2003) English
External LinkENR: Megastructure Supports Taipei's 508-Meter Megatower' (24.11.2003) English
External LinkTaipei Financial Center (Taipei 101) English Chinese
External LinkWikipedia: Taipei 101 English
External LinkWikipedia: Taipei 101 Chinese
External LinkWikipédia: Taipei 101 French

Relevant Literature
* Record de hauteur à Taïwan, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 14 November 2003, n. 5216 .
* Taipeh 101, in "L'acier pour construire", December 2003, n. 79 .
* Bardon, Séverine   La tour taïwanaise 101 coiffe le monde, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 7 May 2004, n. 5241 .
* Breukelman, Brian   Good Vibrations, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", December 2001, n. 12 v. 71 .
* Bundesingenieurkammer   Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) , ISBN 3885065630, 2005; pp. 58-65.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 128-129.
* Krätzig, W. B.   Taipei 101 Financial Center: Das höchste Gebäude der Welt, in "Bauingenieur", March 2004, n. 3 v. 79 .
* Poon, Dennis C. K.   Reaching for the Sky, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", January 2004, n. 1 v. 74 .
* Reina, Peter   Megastructure Supports Taipei's 508-Meter Megatower', in "Engineering News Record", 24 November 2003 .
* Reina, Peter   Rack-and-Pinion Hoists Still Deliver, in "Engineering News Record", 24 November 2003 .

 
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