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{{Infobox building
|name               = Taipei 101
|native_name        = 台北101<ref>[http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/ Official website]</ref>
|image              = Taipei 101 at night.jpg
|caption            = Taipei 101 at night
|highest_prev       = [[Petronas Towers]]
|highest_next       = [[Burj Khalifa]]
|highest_start      = 2004
|highest_end        = 2010
|website            = [http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/index_en.htm taipei-101.com.tw]
|opening            = December 31, 2004
|location           = [[Xinyi District]], [[Taipei]], [[Republic of China]]
|latd  = 25| latm = 2| lats = 1| latNS = N
|longd = 121| longm = 33| longs = 54| longEW = E
|iso_region         = TW
|coordinates_display= title
|start_date         = 1999<ref name=skyscraperCenter>{{cite web |url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/taipei/taipei-101/ |title=Taipei 101 - The Skyscraper Center |work=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}</ref><!--Official construction years. Do not change.-->
|completion_date    = 2004<ref name=skyscraperCenter/><!--Official construction years. Do not change.-->
|cost               = [[NT$]] 58&nbsp;billion<br />(US$ 1.80&nbsp;billion)<ref>[http://www5.www.gov.tw/todaytw/2005/TWtaiwan/ch01/2-1-17-0.html My E Gov, The E-government Entry Point of Taiwan – Taiwan Yearbook 2005], Wikipedia – [[:en:List of world's most expensive single objects|List of world's most expensive single objects]]</ref><!--Includes land charges-->
|roof               = {{convert|449.2|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}
|top_floor          = {{convert|439|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|architectural      = {{convert|509|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|observatory        = {{convert|391.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|floor_count        = 101 (+5 basement floors)<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|floor_area         = {{convert|193400|m2|sqft|-2|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|elevator_count     = 61 [[Toshiba]]/[[KONE]] elevators, including double-deck shuttles and 2 high speed observatory elevators)
|architect          = [[C.Y. Lee & Partners|C.Y. Lee]] & partners<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|structural_engineer= [[Thornton Tomasetti]]<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|main_contractor    = [[KTRT Joint Venture]]  <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kumagaigumi.co.jp/english/tech/skyscrapers.html}}</ref>
|management         = Urban Retail Properties Co.
|owner              = [[Taipei Financial Center Corporation]]<ref name=skyscraperCenter/>
|references         =<ref name=skyscraperCenter/><ref name=emporis>{{emporis|100765}}</ref>
}}
'''Taipei 101''' ({{zh|c=台北101 / 臺北101}}) is 101-floor [[building]] in [[Taipei]], [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan). In 2004, it replaced the [[Willis Tower]] (which used to be called the Sears Tower) as the tallest completed building in the world.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.ctbuh.org/Portals/0/Tallest/CTBUH_Tallest100.pdf | format=PDF| accessdate = 2009-09-03| title = 100 Tallest Buildings in the World | publisher =Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat }}</ref> However, in 2010, it was surpassed by the [[Burj Khalifa]] in [[Dubai]].<ref>http://www.putzmeister.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3C6E00FC-8269E805/pm_online/hs.xsl/5933_ENU_HTML.htm</ref>

Taipei 101 holds records for:
*Ground to structural top: 509 m (1,671&nbsp;ft). The record was formerly held by the [[Petronas Twin Towers]] at 452 m (1,483&nbsp;ft)
* Ground to roof: 449 m (1,474&nbsp;ft). The record was formerly held by the Sears Tower at 442 m (1,451&nbsp;ft)
* Ground to highest occupied floor: 439 m (1,441&nbsp;ft). The record was formerly held by the Sears Tower
* Fastest elevator speed: 16.83&nbsp;m/s (37.5 miles/hour or 60.4&nbsp;km/h)
* Largest count-down clock on [[New Year's Eve]]

Taipei 101 does not hold the record for tallest building from ground to [[pinnacle]]. The [[Sears Tower]] has two television antennas on top of it, making its height from the ground to the top of the taller antenna 527 m (1,729&nbsp;ft).

==References==
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==Other pages==
{{commons category|Taipei 101}}
*[[List of tallest buildings in the world]]
*[[List of tallest structures in the world]]

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Taiwan]]
[[Category:Skyscrapers]]
[[Category:Taipei]]