Taipei 101: World's Tallest

Taipei skyscraper deemed tallest: While we waxed poetic about their elevators, Taipei 101 was certified today as the world’s tallest building.

The 101-story skyscraper is 184 feet taller than the previous record-holder, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Taipei 101 also claims a hat trick for having the highest structural top, tallest roof and the highest occupied floor.

Deane | October 8, 2004

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i saw a documentary on this thing while it was being build…discovery channel or something…

drmthtr | October 8, 2004 11:17 AM

thsi building has so many interesting facts to it…it isn’t just the worlds tallest building…it also hass the ability to survive a strong earthquake!

Kassandra | October 18, 2004 7:24 PM

I think the height of the tower is disputed… Taipei 101 is 508 meters at the antenna, while the reported height of the Sears Tower is 448 meters without the Antenna and 527 meters WITH the Antenna. Isn’t it weird?

Peter Shen | February 8, 2006 8:46 AM

Read this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallest_building

There’s about 40 different categories, including:

Building - to top of antenna
Building - to architectural top
Building - to top of the roof
Building - to highest occupied floor

Taipei 101 wins on all but the first, which is taken by the Sears Tower.

Deane | February 8, 2006 8:51 AM

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