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Taipei 101 Now World's Tallest Building

Posted by michael on from the spires-are-cheating dept.

mstamat writes "A 101-storey skyscraper in Taipei is from today the world's tallest building. The new scyscraper is 508 metres (1,667 feet) tall, beating the 452-metre (1,483-feet) twin Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur. The full height was achieved after adding a 60-metre (197-ft) spire on top of the building. The story is on Reuters." There's plenty of information about the building available.

4 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. Spires shouldn't count by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one who thinks spires shouldn't count? I think it should be the highest floor of rentable, realistically usable office space.

    Am I wrong?

  2. A bit taller, Taiwan can send people into ORBIT!!! by taweili · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just a joke. Taiwan has been in race with China for years. It's interesting to see this news right after China has finished a manned space mission.

  3. Re:Nothing to learn? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yes.

    All those that threaten US should be killed.

  4. Empire State Building by Tomster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd like to draw your attention to the Empire State Building because it was completed in 1931, decades before most of these other buildings were even thought of, decades before "modern" skyscraper architecture and engineering. It still ranks as one of the tallest (and most famous) buildings in the world over 70 years later.

    -Thomas