Taiwan: Taipei 101
Taipei 101 is the world's tallest skyscraper. The structure of the building looks like a bamboo which has many repeated segments. Besides, there are many cloud-like ornaments placed at the tip corners of every segment. There are a few other feng shui elements that would bring good fortune according to Chinese belief. Please refer to wikipedia for more info as I'm not a feng shui expert.
Indoor observatory deck located at level 89 and outdoor observatory located at level 91 are opened to the public. It is a good opportunity for visitors to experience standing at a very high point from the ground and have a great view of Taipei city. Indoor observatory ticket is priced at NT$350 while additional NT$100 is required if you would like to visit the outdoor observatory. Due to the limited time, we only visited the indoor observatory.
There is an indicator showing us the floor, height, speed and timer in the lift while going up or down. We reached the designated floor in a split second with this rocket-speed lift.
A phone-like device is given to every visitor so that we can have a free audio tour with explanation in the language of our preference. There is also a souvenir shop. Besides selling a mélange of souvenir items, a book mainly about Taipei 101 is also available. The shop is the sole source to get the special book because the book is not sold at any other retail bookstores.
There are boards showing the cityscapes of each direction. So, we know we were looking at the view of which direction.
We feasted our eyes with the bird-eye view of the city. Luckily it's not hazy, cloudy, rainy or stormy on that day. The building with orange-color rooftop is Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
The tuned mass damper.
A little profile about Damper Baby aka Wind Damper. His favorite outdoor activity is playing swing, favorite weather is gusty (and earthquake) and his destiny is to protect Taipei 101. Lol.
Top 10 tallest buildings in the world, ranging from Taipei 101 to Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong are shown on the board.
Not forgetting the icon of Malaysia, Petronas Twin Towers. It is proudly ranked at second place of world's tallest building after Taipei 101. For Malaysians, the common name of Petronas Twin Towers in mandarin is 双峰塔 but Taiwanese like to call it as 双子星大厦. BTW, it is just a name.
I'm the first one.
From another view, Number 1.
Indoor observatory deck located at level 89 and outdoor observatory located at level 91 are opened to the public. It is a good opportunity for visitors to experience standing at a very high point from the ground and have a great view of Taipei city. Indoor observatory ticket is priced at NT$350 while additional NT$100 is required if you would like to visit the outdoor observatory. Due to the limited time, we only visited the indoor observatory.
There is an indicator showing us the floor, height, speed and timer in the lift while going up or down. We reached the designated floor in a split second with this rocket-speed lift.
A phone-like device is given to every visitor so that we can have a free audio tour with explanation in the language of our preference. There is also a souvenir shop. Besides selling a mélange of souvenir items, a book mainly about Taipei 101 is also available. The shop is the sole source to get the special book because the book is not sold at any other retail bookstores.
There are boards showing the cityscapes of each direction. So, we know we were looking at the view of which direction.
We feasted our eyes with the bird-eye view of the city. Luckily it's not hazy, cloudy, rainy or stormy on that day. The building with orange-color rooftop is Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
The tuned mass damper.
A little profile about Damper Baby aka Wind Damper. His favorite outdoor activity is playing swing, favorite weather is gusty (and earthquake) and his destiny is to protect Taipei 101. Lol.
Top 10 tallest buildings in the world, ranging from Taipei 101 to Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong are shown on the board.
Not forgetting the icon of Malaysia, Petronas Twin Towers. It is proudly ranked at second place of world's tallest building after Taipei 101. For Malaysians, the common name of Petronas Twin Towers in mandarin is 双峰塔 but Taiwanese like to call it as 双子星大厦. BTW, it is just a name.
I'm the first one.
From another view, Number 1.
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posted by YeeJen at 9:42:00 AM
4 Comments:
Chinese name for twine tower is exactly translation from english, with extra one word "xing"- star.. :P
i see. hehe.
Twin towers will be ranked no 3 or no 4 soon lo... Ha... Ha... =P
yea, the tallest tower will be in Dubai soon. but now twin towers still no 2 mah. :p
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