Construction site: No.7, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xicunli, Xinyi District, Taipei. Commencement time: 65438+1July 1999 Completion time: 20031October. Area: 30,278 square meters. Building area: 289,500 square meters. Building height: 508 meters. Building floor: above ground 1065438+. Three-story underground structure: reinforced concrete structure and new mega-structure. Construction cost: NT$ 58 billion. Investment unit: Taipei Financial Building Holdings Co., Ltd. Design unit: Li Zuyuan Architects Taipei 10 1 Night view Construction purpose: shopping center, office, sightseeing and construction unit: KTRT English name: Taipei10/Kloc. That is, technology, art, innovation, people, environment, personality) Another name: Taipei International Financial Center Taipei 10 1 once became the tallest building in the world with the following indicators: 508 meters (1667 feet), replacing the 452 meters (1483 feet) of the Twin Towers. Roof height: 448m (1470ft), replacing the 442m (1454ft) of Sears Tower. Maximum floor height: 438m (1437ft), replacing Sears Building. Maximum height: 529 meters (1703 feet) of Sears Tower. (Not replaced) According to the actual building height, Taipei 10 1 was surpassed by the Burj Dubai (located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates) which was built to14/floor in July 2007. However, due to the official completion of the Burj Dubai, at least some manufacturers and families

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Before moving in, it can only be regarded as a man-made building structure rather than a skyscraper, so Taipei 10 1 can still temporarily retain the title of the tallest skyscraper in the world until a new competitor completes it and replaces it. On August 29th, 2008, it was replaced by Shanghai World Financial Center. The height of the main building is 492m, which is 12m higher than that of Taipei10/building (the physical height of Taipei1kloc-0/building plus the antenna height is 508m), making it the second tallest building in the world. The fastest elevator in the world: It takes only 37 seconds to get from the 5th floor to the indoor observation deck on the 89th floor, and the elevator climbs at the speed of 10 10 meter per minute, which is the fastest elevator in the world and the longest elevator in the world. The world's first seismic damper was exposed in the overall design building, weighing 660 tons. When dining on the 85th, 86th and 88th floors, you can see this decorative damper shaped like a big ball, with a diameter of 5.5m, which is also the first in the world.