Taipei 101 | |
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Height | 508m |
Floors | 101 |
Year | 2004 |
City | Taipei |
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.
Q1 Tower | |
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Height | 323m |
Floors | 78 |
Year | 2005 |
City | Surfers Paradise |
Q1 Tower (an abbreviation of Queensland Number One) is a 322.5-metre (1,058 feet ) skyscraper in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast has been the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011. As of 2020 it is the ninth-tallest residential tower in the world and is the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-tallest freestanding construction in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. The Q1 formally opened in November 2005. The landmark building was recognised as one of Queensland's icons during the state's 150th-birthday celebrations.
Source: Wikipedia