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Facts
Official Name Taipei 101
Type building
Status Completed
Country Taiwan Province, PRC
City Taipei
Street Address / Map No. 7 Xin Yi Road, District Xin Yi
Building Function office
Structural Material composite
Energy Label LEED Platinum
Start of Construction 1999
Completion 2004
Global Ranking #3 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #1 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #1 tallest in Taiwan Province, PRC
City Ranking #1 tallest in Taipei
Official Website Taipei 101
Figures
Height: Architectural 508.0 meter / 1667 feet
Height: Occupied 438.0 meter / 1437 feet
Height: To Tip 508.0 meter / 1667 feet
Height: Observatory 391.8 meter / 1285 feet
Floors Above Ground 101
Floors Below Ground 5
# of Elevators 61
Top Elevator Speed 16.8 m/s
Tower GFA 193,400 m² / 2,081,740 ft²
Development GFA 357,719 m² / 3,850,455 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 1839
Companies Involved
Owner Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Developer Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Design Architect C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/Planners
Structural Engineers Thornton Tomasetti;
Evergreen Engineering
MEP Engineer Continental Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Project Manager Turner Construction
Main Contractors Kumagai Gumi;
Taiwan Kumagai;
RSEA Engineering;
Ta-You-Wei Construction;
Samsung Engineering and Construction
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC);
RWDI;
Dow Corning Corporation;
ALT Cladding
Videos
Taipei 101: Striving to be a Sustainable Skyscraper
CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Taipei 101: Greening the World's Tallest
C. Yang (Taipei Financial Center Corporation), CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Tall Buildings: Sustainable Design Opportunities
A.Tamboli (Thornton Tomasetti), L.Joseph, U.Vadnere, X. Xu (Thornton Tomasetti), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Technical Papers
Taipei 101 Striving to be a Sustainable Skyscraper
Harace Lin Hong-Ming (Taipei Financial Center Corporation), Yvonne Lin (Shang Sheng Development), CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Elevators for Fire Service Access and Occupant Egress
R. Bukowski (Rolf Jensen & Associates), CTBUH Journal
The Role of Peer Review in the Foundation Design
C. N. Baker (STS Consultants), T. A. Kiefer (STS Consultants), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Tall Buildings: Sustainable Design Opportunities
A. Tamboli (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), L. Joseph (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Other CTBUH Links
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Taipei 101 Installs CTBUH Signboard at LEED Ceremony
CTBUH Signboard, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Poster, 2011

News Articles
Combining the World's Great Skyscrapers into One Skyline
CTBUH Global News, 2013-01
Taipei 101 honored as world's tallest green building
Focus Taiwan, 2011-07
Taipei 101 run-up race to be biggest ever
Focus Taiwan, 2011-05
Formula for Calculating a Skyscrapers' Sway
WIRED, 2010-11
Taipei 101 to Hand Over World's Tallest Building Title
M&C, 2009-12
Challenge to Become The World's Tallest Green Building
CTBUH, 2009-11
Taipei 101 Seeking to Become World's Tallest Green Building
Taiman News, 2009-11
Taipei 101 Expects Occupancy Growth to Slow
The China Post, 2009-01