Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 2004. Designed by architect C.Y. Lee in a postmodern style, it abstracts the segmented form of a bamboo stalk adorned with traditional ruyi scepters. Standing 508 meters tall, this 101 storey tower anchors the new business and shopping district in Xinyi, Taipei, and features Toshiba elevators that set a world speed record on completion and a tuned mass damper engineered to withstand both Pacific typhoons and major earthquakes.
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- Taiwan Photo Hotspots (台灣IG打卡景點)
- Postmodern Architecture in Taiwan (後現代主義建築)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.