Baiyoke Tower II vs Taipei 101

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Baiyoke Tower II (Thai: ????? 2; RTGS: Bai Yok Song) is an 88-storey, 309 m (1,014 feet ) skyscraper hotel at 222 Ratchaprarop Road at the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok, Thailand. It's the third tallest building in the city, after MahaNakhon and Magnolias Waterfront Residences in ICONSIAM. The construction comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.With the antenna included, the building's height is 328.4 m (1,077 feet ), and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar calledRoof Top Bar & Music Lounge on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor and the hotel provides 673 guest rooms.

Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two decades later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 feet ), but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Emporis and SkyscraperPage note it as 304 m (997 ft).

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The Taipei 101 (Chinese: ??101; pinyin: Táib?i y? líng y?; stylized as TAIPEI 101), formerly called the Taipei World Financial Center (????????), is a supertall skyscraper designed by C.Y. Lee and C.P. Wang in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan. This building was officially classified as the world's tallest from its opening in 2004 before the 2010 completion of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. Its elevators, capable of traveling 60.6 km/h (37.7 mph) and used to transport passengers in the 5th to 89th floor in 37 seconds, set new records upon completion. In 2011 Taipei 101 received a Platinum rating under the LEED certification system to become the tallest and largest green building in the world. The arrangement regularly appears as an icon of Taipei in international media, and the Taipei 101 fireworks displays are a regular feature of New Year's Eve broadcasts. Taipei 101's postmodernist architectural design evokes traditional Asian aesthetics in a contemporary structure employing industrial substances. Its design incorporates numerous features that allow the construction to withstand the Pacific Ring of Fire's earthquakes as well as the region's tropical storms. The tower houses restaurants and offices as well as both indoor and outdoor observatories. The tower is adjoined with a multilevel shopping mall that has the world's largest ruyi symbol as an exterior feature. Taipei 101 is possessed by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. The skyscraper started on 31 December 2004 to celebrate New Year's Eve.

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