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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.
The building has an architectural height of 93.2 m (306 ft) with 21 floors above ground and four basement levels, with a floor area of 42,335 m 2 (455,690 sq ft). The tower was designed by the Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut and was completed in 2018.
(汐止遠雄U-TOWN) Tower B New Taipei 160 m (520 ft) 37 2014 [54] Farglory U-Town (汐止遠雄U-TOWN) Tower C New Taipei 160 m (520 ft) 37 2014 [55] 49 Ding Sheng BHW Taiwan Central Plaza (興富發鼎盛BHW) Taichung 159 m (522 ft) 36 2014 [56] 50 Royal Landmark Tower (總太東方帝國) Taichung 158.8 m (521 ft) 39 2011 [57] 51 Savoy Palace
Designed by Taiwanese firm C.Y. Lee & Partners, Taipei 101 was the world’s tallest building from 2004 until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
As of 2022, it is the eleventh tallest in Xinyi Planning District (after Taipei 101, The Sky Taipei, Taipei Nan Shan Plaza, Fubon Xinyi A25, Cathay Landmark, Farglory Financial Center, Hua Nan Bank Headquarters, Uni-President International Tower, Taipei City Hall Bus Station, and United Daily News Office Building).
Taipei (/ ˌ t aɪ ˈ p eɪ / ⓘ; Chinese: 臺北; pinyin: Táiběi), [4] officially Taipei City, [I] is the capital [a] and a special municipality of Taiwan. [7] [8] Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung.
The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area (Chinese: 臺北基隆都會區; pinyin: Táiběi-Jīlóng Dūhùiqū) also commonly known as Greater Taipei Area (Chinese: 大臺北地區; pinyin: Dà Táiběi Dìqū) is the largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. It is composed of 3 administrative divisions: Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung.
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.