Taipei 101 Prepared by Simonov Oleg, group #8
History • Planning for Taipei 101 began in July 1997 during Chen Shui-bian’s term as Taipei mayor. • Taipei 101's roof was completed three years later on 1 July 2003. • It was designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners.
Height • Taipei beat the records in 3 skyscraper categories: • It remained the world's tallest inhabited building (509. 2 m vs 451. 9 m held by the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur)
Height • The height to top of roof 449. 2 m and highest occupied floor 439. 2 m beating the previous record of 442 m and 412. 4 m held by the Willis Tower in Chicago • It also displaced the 85 -story, 347. 5 m Tuntex Sky Tower in Kaohsiung as the tallest building in Taiwan and the 51 -story, 244. 15 m Shin Kong Life Tower as the tallest building in Taipei
Design • Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia. Pacific. • The design achieves both strength and flexibility for the tower through the use of high-performance steel construction. Thirty-six columns support Taipei 101. • These features combine with the solidity of its foundation to make Taipei 101 one of the most stable buildings ever constructed.
Design
Symbolism 101 8 x 8
Art • • • Rebecca Horn's Dialogue between Yin and Yang Robert Indiana's 1 -0, Love Ariel Moscovici's Between Earth and Sky Chung Pu's Global Circle Jill Watson's City Composition Kang Mu Hsiang's Infinite Life
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