The View From The Hotel

amazing view, and that building really is huge!

Sounds like someone whos gonna die with the line thing...

I have been on the top floor, it's amazing!!
The reason there are no other tall buildings around because it's right in the way of a local airport incoming or departing route. When they build 101, they have to change the route that airplanes use to land or depart. and also, Taiwan has earthquack, not like Hong Kong where has no earthquack at all so they can build as tall as they want.

have fun in Taiwan, enjoy the convention as of course, the Food!

I'd love to see a King Kong movie scene at the top of that tower!

It's been more than 10yrs since I last went to taipei and I definitely don't recall that 'thing' sticking out like that :)

John, just in case you do not know Taipei 101 visitor info.

http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/OB/about/info.asp
( of course you can google it)

and some beautiful wall paper of Taipei 101

http://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/ob/download/wallpa...

HM.. it is very tall building...
I won't go there,,..
scared of height....
he he heh....

It looks like a bunch of Chinese Take Out boxes stacked on top of one another.

lol.

That is one TALL building! I would hate to be on the top floor...yikes.

It's far from the only tall building in the city. Many buildings are over 20 or 30 stories. It's just it's so much taller. Space isn't so much of a premium in Taipei that the ONLY way to build is up. Also, the type of city zoning is quite different: many areas have residential, commercial and industrial areas within close proximity. This is NOT a typical western city by any means.

It does seem a bit odd to have just one large building be constructed there.. Must look interesting form the plane hehe.

it is like a modern building in the middle of no where

can't wait to see more pictures!

I love the oriental feel to the building!

Lots of cities around me are like that... On the Gold Coast they are planning (or maybe they built it already - I live half an hour away and never go!) a gigantic building. Not sure how big it is, but significantly bigger than the other buildings there.

What an odd skyline! Obviously the city is growing as the skyscraper looks far more modern than the buildings around it :)

it is strange like only one bamboo grow in the middle of the city. :cool:

Add more pictures John. =]

that's one big building

Thanks for that, what really bothers me is the hostilities between the two Chinas.

It is the tourists who bear the burden of the frosty immigration situation between them.

Quite good, not what i expected though.

The look of that skyscraper is interesting... chinese elements with western coldness... keep us posted on the food, too!

Wow..A little country like Taiwan can build an incredible skyscraper like that....impressive.

"What kind of city, besides Taipei, designs their skyline like that?"

An evolving city. :) I'm sure New York and Chicago were once like that. There always has to be the first skyscraper. :)