But in a triumph of modern engineering, the soaring Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest ... the 1,667-foot-tall tower slightly swaying, its structural flexibility helping to counter the ...

Taipei 101, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, uses a fascinating piece of engineering called a tuned mass damper—a ...

and the Resilient Design Institute to form the list. Taipei 101 stands only 660 feet from a major fault line in a typhoon-prone location. To balance out high winds and earth vibrations, the structure ...

Taipei 101 The tower's design bears a striking resemblance to a traditional Chinese pagoda. In keeping with the Chinese motif, the tower was also designed to resemble a bamboo plant Source ...

Dennis Poon, managing principal at New York City-based structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti, which worked on Taipei 101’s design, says the structure was redundant. To provide the biggest ...

The Taipei 101 building ... mechanisms that allow us to design and live in skyscrapers," A+H Tuned says on its website. "Without them, the lifespan, structural integrity, and comfort of these ...

Taipei 101 is not the only skyscraper in Taiwan and around the world to use damper systems for stability — although it is a rare case in which the engineering is on display. A design flaw could ...

When it was finished in 2004, the 1,667-foot tall Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world. Even though it's since given up that title to the Burj Khalifa, the iconic Taiwanese supertall ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. The view of Taipei from the 89 th floor of Taipei 101, one of the ...