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 ...

Residents of 49 units were temporarily relocated to nearby hotels. The country’s tallest building, the 1,667-ft Taipei 101, appeared to perform well in the earthquake. As ENR reported during its ...

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 Taipei 101 building, once recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the world, uses an enormous tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to protect itself from earthquakes. The 660-ton ...

Khufu enjoyed three reigns as the world’s tallest building, as rivals rose and collapsed ... s appearance on a bamboo stalk. Now known as Taipei 101, the tower boasts an indoor and outdoor ...