But in a triumph of modern engineering, the soaring Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest ... the 1,667-foot-tall tower slightly swaying, its structural flexibility helping to counter the ...

Dennis Poon, managing principal at New York City-based structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti, which worked on Taipei 101’s design, says the structure was redundant. To provide the biggest ...

It's Taipei 101, and it is one of the most beautiful supertall structures in the world. There are numerous touches that give the 101 its charm. The stepped design is homage to a traditional pagoda.

When it was finished in 2004, the 1,667-foot tall Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world. Even though it's since given up that title to the Burj Khalifa, the iconic Taiwanese supertall ...

The Taipei 101 building ... mechanisms that allow us to design and live in skyscrapers," A+H Tuned says on its website. "Without them, the lifespan, structural integrity, and comfort of these ...

Taipei 101 The tower's design bears a striking resemblance to a traditional Chinese pagoda. In keeping with the Chinese motif, the tower was also designed to resemble a bamboo plant Source ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. The view of Taipei from the 89 th floor of Taipei 101, one of the ...

TAIPEI 101, one of the world’s tallest buildings, is also now the world’s greenest skyscraper. The 1,667-foot (508-meter) tower in Taipei has earned the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in ...

Researchers have concluded a study on how weather and human activity influence Taipei 101’s frequencies and vibrations in ... Changes in frequency of a building due to material decay or structural ...