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The Taipei 101 has 101 floors above ground level (hence the name), and 5 below.

The skyscraper boasts the following brands:

• Height from floor to structural top: 502 meters (surpassed the mark previously wielded the Petronas Twin Towers with 452 meters).
• height from ground to roof: 448 meters (surpassed the mark previously held the Sears Tower with 443 meters). Height
• from the floor to the top floor occupied: 438 meters (surpassed the mark previously held the Sears Tower ).
• elevator speed: 16.83 meters / second.

brand could not overcome was the greatest height from the ground to the top (antenna), since this is still held by the Sears Tower , with 527 meters.

Note: CN Tower in Toronto (553-meter high) is excluded from these superlatives for not being a "living building" definition assigned to a structure with floors and walls along its height . The KVLY-TV antenna located near Mayville In North Dakota is even higher with its 629 meters, but is anchored with cables.

The roof of Taipei 101 was completed on July 1 of 2003 . In a ceremony presided by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou the apex was placed 17 October 2003 of , thus overcoming the height of the Petronas Towers for 50 meters.

Construction:

can withstand earthquakes of up to 7 degrees on the Richter scale and winds of over 450km / h. The significant absorption of this structure resides in a wind shock with plates 660 tons of metal that is installed on the floor 89, it is the largest and heaviest in the world. Is divided into 8 segments of 8 floors and is the only buffer that is visible to the general public. 8 supercolumnas

also attach it to the base, built of reinforced concrete and steel, embrace it to the floor 26 while other 32 columns up to the plant 62. The cuts at the corners diminish the force of wind and a complex web of steel forming a belt hugs him making a narrowing in the low the building and the plant reaches 34. A giant ball of steel, 680 tonnes is suspended from its upper part, residing on the floor 92 and mechanical counterbalances against vibration, absorbing energy and limiting the oscillations.

elevator manufactured by Toshiba has the world record in speed: just in 37 seconds would take 30 people from the fifth floor to floor 89, and that's not all, this lift also has a similar hermetic sealing system of a plane which will not disturb people's ears when he travels.