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Because of the height of Taipei 101, combined with the surrounding area's geology—the building is located just 660 ft (200 m) away from a major fault line [51] Outrigger trusses, located at eight-floor intervals, connect the columns in the building's core to those on the exterior. [17]
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.
The tallest building in Taiwan is currently the 101–story Taipei 101, which rises 509.2 metres (1,671 ft) and was completed in 2004. It was officially classified as the world's tallest from 2004 to 2010. Currently, it is still the tallest building in Taiwan, Asia's sixth tallest building, and the world's ninth tallest building.
Taipei 101: 508.0 1,667 101 (+ 5 below ground) ... Some assessments of the tallest building use 'height to roof' to determine tallest building, as 'architectural ...
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).
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 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.
This was followed by Taipei 101 in Taiwan's capital of Taipei 7 years later, which became the tallest building in the world at the time. Japan and South Korea both constructed their first supertall buildings in the 2010s; Japan with Abeno Harukas in Osaka in 2014, and South Korea with the Northeast Asia Trade Tower in Incheon in 2012.