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| 2003-10-17 |
| Take THAT, Mohammed Atta! (AP) - Construction crews finished building the world’s tallest skyscraper in Taiwan on Friday, shifting into place a massive pinnacle on top of 1,676-foot-tall building. The 101-story structure looks like a stack of gift boxes, but developers liken it to a bamboo shoot with notches sections. Called Taipei 101, the building will house offices, a mall and an observatory. Wearing a white hard hat, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and a small group of engineers, developers and officials watched the 198-foot pinnacle being installed from an observation deck on the 91st floor. |
| Posted by:Atrus |
| #6 This has to be one of the ugliest buildings I have ever seen. |
| Posted by: MW 2003-10-17 10:01:53 PM |
| #5 ...looks like a stack of gift boxes... Looks like a stack of Chinese takeout boxes. ...the building will house...an observatory. I thought, "Now that, I gotta see." But googling around indicates that they mean an observation deck. It would be a crummy place for an astronomical observatory anyway. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-10-17 3:32:21 PM |
| #4 They have different catagories for towers, like the CN tower, and buildings. Lower section of towers are mostly empty space with just stairs and elevator shafts. Buildings have occupied space. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-10-17 3:25:26 PM |
| #3 If you read the full article, you'll see that this building is a full 660 feet from the nearest fault line. That must be comforting. |
| Posted by: BossMan 2003-10-17 3:17:57 PM |
| #2 let's see...1676' + 198', carry the 2 and... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-17 3:15:56 PM |
| #1 Hmmm. What about the CN Tower in Toronto, advertised to be 1815 ft? http://www.cntower.ca/ Here's a page that tries to keep up with this mania - pretty cool site, in fact, with "pitchers" of the buildings for the reading-impaired... but it doesn't list the CN Tower either... mebbe, since it's pretty much all spike it got disqualified. The 30 yr old Sears Tower has more usable floors than any of the others shown... http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?1178316 |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-17 2:26:59 PM |