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	Taipei 101
		Taipei 101 (Traditional Chinese: 臺北101 or 台北101; Simplified Chinese: 台北101; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Yīlíngyī; Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei I-ling-i) is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
		Taipei 101 retains its title until the Burj Dubai is completed, though, as international architectural standards define a "building" as a structure that can be occupied.
		Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific.
	www.wb-central.com (635 words)

	Taipei 101 – FREE Taipei 101 Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Taipei 101 in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center.
		With 101 stories and reaching 1,671 ft (509 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest building when it was topped out in 2003, surpassing the Petronas Towers ; construction, which began in 1999, was completed in 2004.
		Taipei 101, Taiwan's gleaming new skyscraper, rises above them all.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Taipei101.html (761 words)

	Taipei 101 Building Photos and Facts
		Taipei 101, whose pinnacle reached full height on Oct. 9, 2003, is currently the official world's tallest building in the categories of highest structurally, highest roof, and highest occupied floor.
		Taipei 101 exceeded the structural height of Petronas Tower 1 and Petronas Tower 2 in late August of 2003.
		Taipei's Mayor Ma Ying-jeou fastened a golden bolt to signify the official top-out of the tower at a ceremony held on October 17, 2003.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /taipei-101.htm (635 words)

	Dubai Tower to surpass Taipei 101 in height - The China Post
		Management of the Taipei 101 tower said the news their building had been overtaken was anticipated.
		The Taipei city government decided to build Taipei 101 in the 1990s to develop Tapei's Hsinyi District, then a grass-covered open space and a suburb of Taipei, into a financial hub.
		Liu said the Taipei 101 management team is happy that Burj Dubai is now the world's tallest building, and is proud that some of the teams or experts who helped build tower have been recruited for the Burj Dubai.
	www.chinapost.com.tw /taiwan/2007/07/24/115885/Dubai-Tower.htm (774 words)

	Taipei 101, Taipei / Emporis.com
		Taipei 101 is the world's tallest building, surpassing the height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in late August 2003.
		Taipei 101 holds the world record in three of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's height categories: tallest to the structural top, tallest to the roof, and highest occupied floor.
		Taipei 101 was chosen as one of the best new skyscrapers of the year 2004 and received 48 voting points.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu?id=100765 (983 words)

	Taipei 101 - The World's Tallest Tower
		Taipei 101 is currently the world's tallest completed building on earth with its 509 m height.
		The total weight of Taipei 101 is 700,000 tonnes, which is such a mass that could possibly make an earthquake.
		Taipei comes alive at night and the city is a buzzing with activities.
	taipei-101.info (311 words)

	USATODAY.com - Taipei skyscraper deemed tallest
		TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A global architectural group on Friday declared the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan's capital the world's tallest building.
		Taipei 101 also claims a hat trick for having the highest structural top, tallest roof and the highest occupied floor.
		Taipei 101 "is a much safer place to be than a house because of all the safety systems," he said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-08-taiwan_x.htm (535 words)

	taipei 101 taiwan-taipei.com
		Just go to Taipei 101 and if you haven't got a ticket celebrate with all the others on the street and listen for the big hurray coming from above there should be a delay between the hurray on the tower and the one on the street.
		Taipei 101 is the only travel destination in Taipei where it is unnecessary to provide you with the exact address.
		Taipei 101 is open for business now and there are many controversies about whether it is doing any good or if it is a burden for a metropolitan City like Taipei.
	www.taiwan-taipei.com /taipei_city_tip/taipei_101.html (0 words)

	Taipei 101 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taipei 101 (Traditional Chinese: 臺北101 or 台北101; Simplified Chinese: 台北101; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Yīlíngyī; Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei I-ling-i) is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper located in Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.
		The interior layout of Taipei 101 was entirely designed by a feng shui master.
		It is suspected that the Taipei 101 is so large that at 700,000 tonnes, its sheer weight may have reopened an ancient earthquake fault that may cause future earthquakes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taipei_101 (897 words)

	Jeremy in Taiwan: Taipei 101
		Taipei 101 might sound like a class you would take freshman year, but it is actually a building in Taipei.
		In fact, it is the tallest building in Taipei and is currently the tallest building in the world.
		The Taipei Subway: The MRT (vs. The MTA)
	jeremywangintaiwan.blogspot.com /2006/09/taipei-101.html (444 words)

	Taipei skyscraper may have triggered quakes
		Taipei 101 is a building with a lot to boast about.
		Taipei 101 is thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of the stress that it exerts on the ground beneath it.
		Before the construction of Taipei 101, the Taipei basin was a very stable area with no active earthquake faults at the surface.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-12/03/content_500105.htm (365 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Taipei 101: A view from the top
		I was recently given a sneak preview of the view from the top of the 508-m tall Taipei 101 building, which opened on Friday in time to host the New Year Countdown.
		Taipei 101 has been compared to a stack of bottle-green Chinese takeaway cartons.
		Taipei 101 is not the tallest structure in the world - that is still the CN Tower in Toronto - but it has been officially recognised as the world's tallest building.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4137865.stm (691 words)

	Taipei travel guide - Wikitravel
		Taipei (台北 or 臺北; Táiběi) [1] is the national capital of the Republic of China, otherwise known as Taiwan.
		Taipei City has a very efficient bus service [7], and because all buses display information (destination and the names of stops) in English, the system is very accessible to non-Chinese speaking visitors.
		However, Taipei 101 is perhaps most notable for its feats of engineering; since 2004 it is the world's tallest building, as determined by three of the four standards designated by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
	wikitravel.org /en/Taipei (10884 words)

	Taipei 101 :: Sung-Chih Road, Taipei, Taipei Shih, Taiwan :: Glass Steel and Stone
		Taipei 101 is taller to both its roof and its spire than the buildings in Luala Lumpur.
		Taipei 101 has earned its place among the great towers of the world, and its presence is even more stunning in its home town, where at the time of its completion, it was more than twice the height of the next-tallest building.
		The veiw of Taipei 101 and the surrounding city is magnificent when looking at it from the nearby mountaintops during the day and at night.
	glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/623.php (0 words)

	Nightly Business Report . Video #18 - Taiwan: Taipei 101 -- World's Tallest Building \| PBS
		Nevertheless, the government sees the Taipei 101 as a way to attract foreign investment and as a symbol of the island's rise as a global high-tech player.
		Taipei 101 is expected to maintain the title of world's tallest building until the Shanghai World Financial Center is completed in 2007.
		Analyze the impact of Taipei 101 on the city's economy.
	www.pbs.org /nbr/site/research/educators/060106_18d (915 words)

	Taipei 101: General - Structural Facts
		Taipei 101 is also known for its engineering system to counterattack earthquakes.
		The Taipei basin and was a very stable area with no active earthquake faults at the surface.
		The construction of Taipei 101 is very much different from other skyscrapers built, because of using specially made hybrid beam frames and columns, to give extra and added protection to the structure.
	www.sky-scrapers.org /Structural_Facts/index.php/Taipei_101:_General (676 words)

	Taipei 101 - SkyscraperPage.com
		- Taipei 101 was opened to the public on December 31, 2004.
		- Taipei 101, whose pinnacle reached full height on Oct. 9, 2003, is currently the official world's tallest building in the categories of highest structurally, highest roof, and highest occupied floor.
		- Originally Taipei 101 was going to be a 66-floor office tower, a symbol of the new development emerging from Taipei’s financial district.
	skyscraperpage.com /cities?buildingID=18 (503 words)

	Taipei 101 :: Sung-Chih Road, Taipei, Taipei Shih, Taiwan :: Glass Steel and Stone
		Taipei 101 is taller to both its roof and its spire than the buildings in Luala Lumpur.
		Taipei 101 has earned its place among the great towers of the world, and its presence is even more stunning in its home town, where at the time of its completion, it was more than twice the height of the next-tallest building.
		The veiw of Taipei 101 and the surrounding city is magnificent when looking at it from the nearby mountaintops during the day and at night.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/623.php (3014 words)

	CNN.com - Taipei tower takes height record - Oct. 17, 2003
		The Taipei 101 tower achieved its full 508-meter (1,674 feet) height Friday, with the addition of a huge metal spike capping the 101-floor structure.
		The designers of the Taipei 101 tower say it has been built to withstand typhoons and earthquakes, both of which have struck the Taiwan capital in recent years.
		Indeed, one future contender to unseat the Taipei 101 from its position as the world's tallest building is the proposed Freedom Tower, designed to replace the WTC.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/17/taiwan.tower/index.html (408 words)

	Taipei: 101 « Follow That Elephant!
		Taipei is an exciting, trendy, vibrant city with tons to do, a strong cultural connection, and a real cosmopolitan energy.
		Last weekend Alex and I had the pleasure of spending four days in Taipei thanks to our very hospitable friends, Darby and David, who let us stay in their palace of an apartment in Tianmu.
		One of the fabulous things about Taipei is that even though it’s a huge city (the world’s second most densely populated city after Dhaka according to Lonely Planet), it’s so close to nature.
	superkimbo.wordpress.com /2007/10/28/taipei-101 (928 words)

	Evonik Degussa - Taipei 101
		In early October the international Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certified Taiwan's new emblem, the 508-meter Taipei Financial Center or Taipei 101, as the world's highest building.
		Following six years of construction activity, Taipei 101, named for its location and the number of stories, will be formally opened in late 2004.
		Taipei 101 will hold the record as the world's tallest skyscraper for only about three years: it will be superseded in 2007 by the Shanghai Financial Center.
	www.degussa.com /degussa/en/products/archive/productnews/2004/taipei_101 (474 words)

	:::::: TAIPEI 101 ::::::
		TAIPEI 101 is a major BOT project that represents the first joint effort between the Taipei City Government and the private sector.
		TAIPEI 101 aims to introduce talent and technology from abroad, to bring an international vision to the domestic team and boost the local construction business.
		Located in the finest district Taipei has to offer, TAIPEI 101 is the largest engineering project ever in the history of the Taiwan construction business.
	www.taipei-101.com.tw /en/corp/company/abouttaipei101.asp (835 words)

	:::::: TAIPEI 101 ::::::
		TAIPEI 101 as an architecture demonstrates an amazing result when aesthetic pleasure meets technological design, eastern symbolism combines with western engineering.
		TAIPEI 101 is eager to connect itself with the world and concurrently incorporates regional knowledge with global vision.
		Our mission is not only to establish TAIPEI 101 as an international benchmark through successful management; but also to c reate the national symbol of Taiwan in the world.
	www.taipei-101.com.tw /en/Corp/chairperson.asp (252 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - Building - Taiwan On Top - 2005.0302
		The 1,667-foot- (508-meter-) high 101 Tower, for instance, is built in an economic climate with relatively slow corporate spending.
		The Taipei 101 Tower in its urban context, as seen from the top of the ShinKong Tower, Taipei's second largest building.
		Taipei 101 Tower, the world's tallest building, by C.Y. Lee and Partners.
	www.architectureweek.com /2005/0302/building_1-1.html (300 words)

	McGraw-Hill Construction \| ENR - Megastructure Supports Taipei’s 508-Meter ‘Megatower’
		However, Taipei’s 508-meter-tall tower, destined to grab the record from Kuala Lumpur’s twin Petronas Towers when it opens late next year, is the safest place in town, says its structural designer.
		Taipei 101’s steel megacolumns are designed to keep the $700-million skyscraper standing tall under extreme conditions.
		Taipei’s 200,000-sq-m tower rises from a roughly 53-m-square footprint.
	enr.construction.com /projects/international/archives/031124a.asp (2193 words)

	Taiwan Taipei 101 photo gallery - 17 high quality pictures of Taipei 101 - Stock photography, photos, pictures, fine ...
		Taipei 101 is currently the tallest building in the world, measuring 508 metres (ground to structural top) over 101 floors (hence the name).
		Taipei 101 can withstand earthquakes (no damage was caused by a 6.8 earthquake in 2002).
		For information on licensing Taipei 101 photos see here or contact us by email.
	www.molon.de /galleries/Taiwan/Taipei/101 (104 words)

	Taipei 101 (台北101)
		Taipei 101 (traditional Chinese: 臺北101 or 台北101; simplified Chinese: 台北101; pinyin: Táiběi Yīlíngyī; Wade-Giles: T'ai-pei I-ling-i) is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan.
		Taipei 101 is managed by the International division of Urban Retail Properties Corporation based in Chicago USA.[1]
		On July 21, 2007, Taipei 101 was overtaken in height by the Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE, upon the completion of that building's 141st floor.[2] Taipei 101 retains the official title until the Burj Dubai is completed, though, as international architectural standards define a "building" as a structure that can be occupied.
	wikimapia.org /1549 (415 words)

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