But amid the chaos, eerie footage shows the island's tallest building – the $1.8 billion Taipei 101 skyscraper – gently swaying like a stick in the breeze. Measuring 1,671 feet in height ...

Designed by Taiwanese firm C.Y. Lee & Partners, Taipei 101 was the world’s tallest building from 2004 until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. An observation deck ...

Taiwan's tallest skyscraper has a special device to protect it from earthquakes and high winds: a 660-ton steel pendulum that hangs over a thousand feet above the ground. The Taipei 101 building ...

NEW YORK and Taipei, August 3, 2023 /CSRwire/ - The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority on healthy buildings and healthy organizations, and Taipei Financial Center ...

Taipei 101, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world ... 660-ton steel pendulum that plays a crucial role in keeping the building stable against strong winds and earthquakes.

When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, people inside the island’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, were protected by a large yellow pendulum at the building’s center that ...

Empire State Building, Sears Tower, and Taipei 101. Who built the tallest building in the world? Adrian Smith is the American architect behind the tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa.

The firm, a proud tenant of the Taipei 101 building, made the decision to encase the prized ball in glass so that fans could see it inside one of Asia’s tallest buildings. Get top local ...