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Taipei opens world's tallest building
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Updated: 2004-12-31 15:10
![Taipei 101, the world's tallest building, opens on December 31, 2004 after six years of construction. The 508-meter skyscraper has "passed the test" of several powerful earthquakes, including the worst tremor, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale in September 1999 and a strong quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on March 31 2002. The light green building, the brainchild of Taiwan's noted architect C.Y. Lee, looks like petals of a flower unfolding or sections of a bamboo rising from the ground. Its structure is based on steel with reinforced concrete. The exterior wall is a glass curtain with double glazed heat reduction clear glass. Construction cost 58 billion Taiwan dollars (US$1.8 billion) and was financed by the Taipei Financial Center Corp. The observatory on the 89th floor will open for trial operation on January 19 and is expected to officially open in March. [newsphoto]](xin_49120131151378974049.jpg)
An artist performs at a ceremony to open
Taipei 101, the world's tallest building, on December 31, 2004 after
seven years of construction. The 508-meter skyscraper has "passed the
test" of several powerful earthquakes, including the worst tremor,
measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale in September 1999 and a strong quake
measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on March 31 2002. The light green
building, the brainchild of Taiwan's noted architect C.Y. Lee, looks like
petals of a flower unfolding or sections of a bamboo rising from the
ground. Its structure is based on steel with reinforced concrete. The
exterior wall is a glass curtain with double glazed heat reduction clear
glass. Construction cost 58 billion Taiwan dollars (US$1.8 billion) and
was financed by the Taipei Financial Center Corp. The observatory on
the 89th floor will open for trial operation on January 19 and is
expected to officially open in March. [newsphoto]
Taipei 101, the world's tallest building,
opens on December 31, 2004 after six years of construction. The 508-meter
skyscraper has "passed the test" of several powerful earthquakes,
including the worst tremor, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale in
September 1999 and a strong quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on
March 31 2002. The light green building, the brainchild of Taiwan's noted
architect C.Y. Lee, looks like petals of a flower unfolding or sections of
a bamboo rising from the ground. Its structure is based on steel with
reinforced concrete. The exterior wall is a glass curtain with double
glazed heat reduction clear glass. Construction cost 58 billion Taiwan
dollars (US$1.8 billion) and was financed by the Taipei Financial Center
Corp. The observatory on the 89th floor will open for trial operation on
January 19 and is expected to officially open in March.
[newsphoto]
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