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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.

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  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?