Taipei 101

Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in 2010. In July 2011, the building was awarded LEED Platinum certification, the highest award in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and became the tallest and largest green building in the world. Taipei 101 was designed by C.Y. Lee & partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture.

Building Facts

Type
Status
Country
City
Street Address
Building Function
Structural Material
Start of Construction
Completion
Global Ranking
Regional Ranking

National Ranking
City Ranking
Official Website

Building
Completed
Taiwan Province, PRC
Taipei
No. 7 Xin Yi Road, District Xin Yi
Office
Composite
1999
2004
#3 tallest building in the world
#1 tallest building in Asia (excluding the
Middle East)
#1 tallest building in Taiwan Province, PRC
#1 tallest building in Taipei
www.taipei-101.com.tw

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OFFICIAL FIGURES

Height: Architectural
Height: Occupied
Height: To Tip
Height: Observatory
Floors Above Ground
Floors Below Ground
# of Elevators
Top Elevator Speed
Tower GFA
Devlopment GFA
# of Parking Spaces

5                                                                    08.00 meter / 1666.67 feet
438.00 meter / 1437.01 feet
508.00 meter / 1666.67 feet
391.80 meter / 1285.43 feet
101
5
61
16.8 m/s
193,400 m sq. / 2,081,740 ft sq.
357,719 m sq. / 3,850,455 ft sq.
1839

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COMPANIES INVOLVED

Owner
Developer
Design Architect
Structural Engineers
MEP Engineer
Project Manager
Main Contractors

Other Consultants

Material Supplier

Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Taipei Financial Center Corporation
C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/Planners
Thornton Tomasetti;Evergreen Engineering
Continental Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Project Manager Turner Construction
Kumagai Gumi; Taiwan Kumagai; RSEA Engineering; Ta-You-Wei Construction; Samsung Engineering and Construction.
Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC); RWDI; Dow Corning Corporation; ALT Cladding.
Permasteelisa Group