TAIPEI 101 - Taipei, Taiwan
N 25° 02.047 E 121° 33.913
51R E 355246 N 2769492
Taipei 101 Building an Engineering Landmark in Taipei, Taiwan
Waymark Code: WMB4PR
Location: Taiwan
Date Posted: 04/05/2011
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The Taipei 101 building was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010. It comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. The tower has served as an icon of modern Taiwan ever since its opening, and received the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper Award. The Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area. Engineers designed the structure of the tower as a “megaframe” with a central braced core connected to several perimeter “supercolumns” on each building face via one-, two- and three-story tall outrigger trusses. Inherent structural damping in Taipei 101 is supplemented by a tuned-mass damper(TMD) designed by Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers along with Evergreen Consulting Engineering. The 730 ton steel pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong wind gusts or earthquakes. Its sphere, the largest damper sphere in the world, consists of 41 circular steel plates. The main tower features a series of eight segments of eight floors each. In Chinese-speaking cultures the number eight is associated with abundance, prosperity and good fortune.
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Location:
No. 7, Section 5, XìnYì Road, Sinyi District
Taipei City, Taiwan 110
02-8101-8898
Type of structure/site: Building
Date of Construction: 1999 - 2004
Engineer/Architect/Builder etc.: C.Y. Lee and Partner, Architects, and Turner International Industries, Inc.
Engineering Organization Listing: National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA)
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