P193 - Taiwan - Taipei 101

Taipei 101, Taiwan

Taipei 101 is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building, designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture and Samsung Engineering & Construction,is the world's tallest completed skyscraper according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the arbiter of tall building height. Taipei 101 received the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004. It has been hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World (Newsweek magazine, 2006) and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005).

The building contains 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. Its postmodern style combines Asian and international modern and traditional elements. It is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs. Fireworks launched from Taipei 101 feature prominently in international New Year's Eve broadcasts, and the tower appears frequently in films, television shows, print publications, anime media, games, and other elements of popular culture.[citation needed]

The name of the tower reflects its location in Taipei's international business district (101 mailing code) as well as its floor count. (See also "Symbolism" below.) The number is pronounced in English simply as One Oh One and in Mandarin and other local languages by the equivalent.

Taipei 101 is owned by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation and managed by the International division of Urban Retail Properties Corporation based in Chicago. The name originally planned for the building, Taipei World Financial Center, was derived from the name of the owner. The original name in Chinese was literally, Taipei International Financial Center (traditional Chinese: 臺北國際金融中心; pinyin: Táiběi Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn).

Taipei 101 was overtaken in height on July 21, 2007 by the Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE, upon the completion of that building's 141st floor . As of March 2009, the title of "world's tallest building" still rests with Taipei 101, as international architectural standards define a "building" as a structure capable of being fully occupied. The Burj Dubai will claim the title upon its completion, which is expected in September 2009.

台北101（TAIPEI 101）是位於台灣台北市信義區的一棟摩天大樓。由建築師李祖原設計，KTRT團隊建造，是世界最高摩天大樓（不含天線）與目前全世界第二高的大樓類結構物（以建築結構實際高度來計算）。在規劃階段初期，原名臺北國際金融中心（英語譯名：Taipei Financial Center）。

以實際建築物高度來計算，台北101已在2007年7月21日時，被當時興建到141樓的杜拜塔（位於阿拉伯聯合大公國杜拜）所超越。但是由於杜拜塔在正式完工或至少有部份廠商、住戶進駐之前，仍只能被視為是一座人工建築結構而非摩天大樓，因此臺北101仍能暫時保有世界最高摩天樓頭銜直到新的對手完工並取而代之為止。

台北101雖然是全世界最高的摩天大樓，但並非最高的人工結構物。根據金氏世界紀錄的認證，「世界最高的自立構造」為加拿大多倫多的加拿大國家電視塔，其高度為553.3公尺。與台北101同樣，國家電視塔的世界第一頭銜，已在2007年9月12日時，被杜拜塔超越。

References sources : Wikipedia