Taipei 101 Slideshow and TMD

Taipei, Taiwan, completed 2003
508 m/ 1,671 ft/ 101 floors
Developer: Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Architect: C.Y. Lee & Partners
Structural Eng: Thornton Tomasetti | Evergreen Group
G.F.A: 4.4 million sq ft

Taipei 101 was the first 100+ story skyscraper built in the 21st century and reigned for seven years as the world’s tallest building. The tower’s top section is a major tourist attraction that offers multiple observation levels with unparalleled views of the city. At level 91, visitors may go outside, but on levels 88 and 89 the view is also inward, to the display of the golden sphere of a tuned mass damper (TDM), an engineering mechanism designed to stabilize building sway.

Taipei is susceptible to both typhoons and earthquakes. A wind tunnel model of the tower was created to test its structural design and performance of the façade. tructural engineers Thornton Tomasetti developed a core and outrigger system with eight perimeter mega-columns, a system that has been a standard approach in many Asian supertalls.

To read more about Taipei 101, visit The Skyscraper Museum's virtual exhibition on TEN TOPS: http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/TEN...