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Taipei, Taiwan - Gwailo - Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 : goo
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Taipei 101, in the Hsinyi district of Taipei, Taiwan is the tallest building in the world. It is also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 stories and reaching 1,671 ft (509 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest building when it was topped out in 2003, surpassing the Petronas Towers; construction, which began in 1999, was completed in 2004. Designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners, the multiuse steel-and-glass skyscraper echoes a traditional Chinese pagoda with its soaring podium base, eight tiers of eight stories (a number that is a homophone for prosperous growth in Chinese), and narrow pinnacle tower and spire. A 18-ft (5.5-m), 882-ton (800-metric-ton), ball-shaped damper located near the top counteracts swaying during earthquakes and typhoons...
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adam: 23rd Oct 2005 - 05:47 GMT
you guys see that discovery channel show about skyscrapes and they show this one and the one guy comments how it looks like a bunch of stacked up chinese food take out containers?
yup..
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