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Taipei 101 - The Tallest of The Tall
C. Y. Lee
Rising 101 storeys (509 metres) above its surrounding urban environment, Taipei 101 is currently the world´s tallest building. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, it opened in 2004 amid spectacular Chinese new year celebrations, and has become the international symbol of the country´s economic prosperity. This book examines the technology that made it possible to complete this mega-structure, such as the world´s largest tuned mass damper located on the 88th floor that stabilises the structure during the region´s frequent earthquakes, and the world´s fastest double-deck elevators. Includes technical information and data, chapters written by the architects and engineers who worked on the project, hundreds of colour photographs, plans and drawings.