Taipei 101 is one of the greenest skyscrapers in the world and the design takes into account the city’s location in an area that’s prone to earthquakes and typhoons. There’s a gigantic 660-tonne stabilizing wind damper inside (that you can see on the 88th floor) that keeps the ...
The construction of Taipei 101 began and was opened to the public in 2004. Designed by world-renowned architect, Chu-Yuan (C.Y.) Lee, Taipei 101 was held the record of the tallest skyscraper in the world until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it in Dubai upon its completion in 2010. The skys...
I always joke: Taipei is ameancity. Notmeanlike the snarky Cruella de Vil who gave those Dalmatians such a rotten time in my youth, butmeanas in “average” or “in the middle.” I mean it as a compliment. How so? Well, it is a busy city but not too crowded, with a well-deve...
OK it is just you regular sky viewing deck on a building that was once the tallest in the world. We had a clear day with excellent views of Taipei. What was much more interesting was the mass Damper - a steel ball weighing of 660 ton and hanging from steel straps this damper keeps ...