The View From The Hotel
written by John Chow on June 3rd, 2007
Here’s a picture of the view from my suite at my hotel. I’m on the top floor of the 12 story building, which is nothing compared to the Taipei 101 in the distance. Taipei must have the strangest skyline of any city in the world. If you were to graph it out, it would be a flat line, then one really tall spike, then a flat line again. What kind of city, besides Taipei, designs their skyline like that?
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“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. 
Reply to this commentWhenever you’ve got the tallest building in the world, it’s always going to appear like a big spike!
Reply to this commentIsn’t there an on-going debate about Taipe101 not being the tallest building, but simply the tallest man-made structure or something like that?
Reply to this commentThe Taipei 101 is officially the world’s tallest building. At least until that 2,900 feet building in the UE is completed.
Reply to this commentWow..A little country like Taiwan can build an incredible skyscraper like that….impressive.
Reply to this commentThe look of that skyscraper is interesting… chinese elements with western coldness… keep us posted on the food, too!
Reply to this commentoh yeah i didn’t notice it before. The building has oriental design
Reply to this commentGood observation Arjun!
Reply to this commentyea…food!
Reply to this commentQuite good, not what i expected though.
Reply to this commentThanks 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.
Reply to this commentNah, it ritualistic in *most* countries
Reply to this commentthat’s one big building
Reply to this commentAdd more pictures John. =]
Reply to this commentit is strange like only one bamboo grow in the middle of the city.
Reply to this commentWhat an odd skyline! Obviously the city is growing as the skyscraper looks far more modern than the buildings around it
Reply to this commentYeah, but i thought it would be having plenty of modern skyscrapers. Thats what BBC tell you
Reply to this commentDefinitely. Give it a few years more, I’m pretty sure that skyline’s going to get a whole lot busy.
Reply to this commentI 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.
Reply to this commentcan’t wait to see more pictures!
Reply to this commentit is like a modern building in the middle of no where
Reply to this commentIt does seem a bit odd to have just one large building be constructed there.. Must look interesting form the plane hehe.
Reply to this commentIt’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.
Reply to this commentThat is one TALL building! I would hate to be on the top floor…yikes.
Reply to this commentIt looks like a bunch of Chinese Take Out boxes stacked on top of one another.
lol.
Reply to this commentHM.. it is very tall building…
Reply to this commentI won’t go there,,..
scared of height….
he he heh….
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/wallpaper.asp
Reply to this commentIt’s been more than 10yrs since I last went to taipei and I definitely don’t recall that ‘thing’ sticking out like that
Reply to this commentI’d love to see a King Kong movie scene at the top of that tower!
Reply to this commentI 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!
Reply to this commentSounds like someone whos gonna die with the line thing…
Reply to this commentamazing view, and that building really is huge!
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