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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.
Taipei 101's records for roof height and highest occupied floor briefly passed to the Shanghai World Financial Center in 2008, which in turn yielded these records as well to the Burj. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building, at 508.2 m (1,667 ft) as measured to its architectural top ( spire ), exceeding that of the Petronas ...
2 Ranking criteria and alternatives. ... are intended here as enclosed structures with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least 350 ... Taipei 101: 508.0
Height m (ft) Floors Year Notes 1 Taipei 101 (台北101) Taipei: 508 m (1,667 ft) 101 2004 11th-tallest building in the world. Tallest building in the world from 2004 until 2010. First building in the world to reach 500 m (1,600 ft). Tallest building in Taiwan since 2004. [2] 2 85 Sky Tower (高雄85大樓) Kaohsiung: 378 m (1,240 ft) 85 1997
Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, set records in three of the four skyscraper categories at the time it opened in 2004; at the time the Burj Khalifa opened in 2010 it remained the world's tallest inhabited building 509.2 m (1,671 ft) as measured to its architectural height (spire).
Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, was the world's tallest building from 2003 to 2009; it is now 10th in Asia. International Commerce Centreo in Hong Kong , is the 12th tallest building in Asia. Wuhan Greenland Center in Wuhan , China , is the 13th tallest building in Asia.
In 2004, the construction of Taipei 101 brought the height of skyscrapers to a new level, standing at 508 m (1,667 ft) with 101 floors. It is 59 m (194 ft) taller than the previous record-holders, the Petronas Towers. Burj Khalifa surpassed the height of Taipei 101 by 319 m (1,047 ft) in 2009, making it 60% taller. [20]
Taipei 101: 509.2 1,671 2004 Skyscraper Multi-use Taiwan Taipei: World's tallest skyscraper 2004–10, first to exceed 500 m /1,640 ft structural height. 19 Shanghai World Financial Center: 494 1,617 2008 Skyscraper Multi-use China Shanghai