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 ...

Still, Taipei 101 holds on to a notable record: It's still the tallest and largest green building, as noted by its aforementioned LEED Platinum certification, the organization's highest honor.

"By building a tall building like this we will let more people know about Taipei, and we hope to attract more tourists here too." Taipei 101 is not the tallest structure in the world - that is still ...

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 ...

the TAIPEI 101 in Taipei, a city in Taiwan, held the title of the tallest building in the world with a height of 508 meters. Moreover, one of our previous articles about cities with the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...