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Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground (hence the name) and five underground.


The building held the records for:

Ground to roof: 449 m (1,474 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower 442 m (1,451 ft)
Ground to highest occupied floor: 439 m (1,441 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower
Fastest Ascending Elevator speed: 16.83 m/s (37.5 miles/hour or 60.4 km/h)
Largest Count-Down Clock on New Year's Eve.

It does not hold the record for the greatest height from ground to pinnacle, which is still held by the Sears Tower 527 m (1,729 ft).

Taipei 101's roof was completed on July 1, 2003. In a ceremony presided over by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou who fastened a golden bolt to signify the official topping-out, the pinnacle was fitted on October 17, 2003, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Towers by 57 meters (188 ft).


Taipei 101 is the first and currently only habitable building in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height.

Various sources, including the building's owners, list the height as 508.0 m (1,667 ft), roof height and top floor height as 448.0 m (1470 ft) and 438.0 m (1437 ft). These lower figure is measured from the top of a 1.2 m (4 ft) platform at the base. However, according to CTBUH standards, the height of this platform should be included in the building height because it is part of the man-made structure and is above the level of the surrounding pavement.

Taipei 101 displaced the 51 story, 244.15 m (801 ft) Shin Kong Life Tower as the tallest building in Taipei, and the 85 story, 347.5 m (1140 ft) Tuntex Sky Tower in Kaohsiung as the tallest building in Taiwan.