Magazine in 2006.It has broken the half-kilometer mark in height (508 metres), Obviously its 101 floors mark the name, Taipei 101.
Interesting enough, an 800- ton tuned mass damper helps stabilize the tower under strong winds or earthquakes. The damper is an enormous ball of welded steel plates hanging inside the top of the building.
The 89th floor is an indoor observation area and an outdoor observation deck is located on the 91st floor.
The shopping mall concentrates on the second to fifth floors and its Observatory Elevators earn the Fastest passenger elevators in Guinness World Records (1010 metres/min).
Fireworks have been displayed at its spire during New Year 
so that the citizens of
The first three photos of this tall building have been extracted from a website while the last two are from Anthony showing a closer look of
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This is the first time we have seen pictures of this building, very out-standing indeed.
We are not fans of tall buildings, especially after 911. It is OK to look at and marvel at them but to stay? No, thank you.
We sort of know ( from newspaper )that Dubai is in the process of building a sky-scraper which when finished, will be the world's tallest building. Nevertheless Man's tallest buildings are only a fraction of God's tallest buildings on earth - the mountains.
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