Saturday, January 16, 2010

Exotic Taipei 101 in Taiwan : The Worlds Tallest Tower




The Taipeh 101 Tower of Taiwan is the tallest antiquity on Earth. Its peak above ground is 509.2 m. This includes the 60 m spire; the antiquity also holds the record for the maximal roof (440 m).The Taipeh 101 Tower contains the world's fastest and most comfortable elevators. The antiquity is exciting to look at, an impressive tribute to steel, glass and unbelievably clever engineering. And yet the design clearly reflects the topical Asiatic culture; for example, there are octad canted sections, octad existence the lucky number in Chinese. Each section is embellished with a tralatitious Asiatic symbolisation of fulfillment, the symbols existence large enough to be circumpolar from the ground.Taipei 101 is currently the world's tallest completed antiquity on connector with its 509 m height. It is located in the East of Taipeh (Xin-Yi district), the capital municipality of Taiwan. The tower consists of 101 stories above the ground. The crowning floor is at 439 m. The construction of Taipeh 101 (Taipei International Financial Center previously) was started in 1999, and ended in 2004. The total outlay was about 1,7 billion US dollars. This tower has the worlds fastest elevators (doubledecker) they can get as fast as 63 km / h. The indoor observation embellish is on the 89th floor (382m). The total weight of Taipeh 101 is 700,000 tonnes, which is such a mass that could possibly attain an earthquake. The structure is confident to withstand the maximal earthquakes. The 800 ton damper on the crowning of the tower can turn up to 40% of the movements. The Taipeh 101 Mall is a 6-story shopping mall inside the building. The past tallest antiquity was the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur with 452 m height, it only held the record for 6 years (built in 1998). The upcoming world's tallest is going to be the Burj Dubai, which has already overtaken Taipeh 101, but until its ended it is not official.

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