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Taipei 101 is designed to withstand typhoon winds and earthquake tremors that are common in the area in the east of Taiwan. Evergreen Consulting Engineering, the structural engineer, designed Taipei 101 to withstand gale winds of 60 meters per second (197 ft/s), (216 km/h or 134 mph), as well as the strongest earthquakes in a 2,500-year cycle. [50]
W Taipei is a five-star luxury hotel located in Taipei, Taiwan and owned by Taiwanese retail conglomerate Uni-president. It occupies the 8th to 31st floors of the Taipei City Hall Bus Station offering a total of 405 guest rooms. [1] It started trial operations in February 2011, and official operations in March 2011. [2] [3]
Xinyi District Skyline with Taipei 101 on the right. Xinyi District night view Xinyi District from Xiangshan. Taipei 101; At 508.2 m (1,667 ft) tall, Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the World from 2004 to 2010 and is still currently Asia's 6th tallest building and the ninth tallest building in the world, as of November 2018. Visitors can ...
Taipei 101 was the most famous design by C.P. Wang and C. Y. Lee. Taiwan. Hung Kuo Building, Taipei, 1989. Grand 50 Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's tallest building from 1992 to 1993. Far Eastern Plaza I & II, Taipei, 1994. Tuntex Sky Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's tallest building from 1997 to 2004. Splendor Hotel, Taichung, 1997.
The first building to surpass 150 metres (492 ft) in Taipei was the Shin Kong Life Tower, which was completed in 1993 and is 244.8 m (803 ft) tall. Currently, the tallest building in Taipei is the 101–story Taipei 101, which rises 508 metres (1,667 ft) and was completed in 2004. Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.
The hotel is located directly opposite to Taipei 101 in the Xinyi Planning District, which contains numerous shopping centres, entertainment venues and tourist attractions, such as the Taipei World Trade Center, National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Taipei 101. [7] It is one minute's walk from Taipei 101–World Trade Center metro station. [8]
Taipei 101 (台北101) Taipei: 508 m (1,667 ft) 101 2004 11th-tallest building in the world. Tallest building in the world from 2004 until 2010. First building in the world to reach 500 m (1,600 ft). Tallest building in Taiwan since 2004. [2] 2 85 Sky Tower (高雄85大樓) Kaohsiung: 378 m (1,240 ft) 85 1997 85th-tallest building in the world.
Remnant buildings of Four Four South Village at 9 March 2017, showing Taipei 101 with a new skyscraper being built to its right.. Four Four South Village, or Forty-Four South Village (Chinese: 四四南村; pinyin: sì sì nán cūn) was previously a residential area in Taipei for the military personnel of the 44th Arsenal of the Combined Logistics Command [1] (Chinese ...