13-09-2005, 03:30 PM
Quote:nem wrote:
Quote:Jetsgo wrote:*cough* That actually happened about two years ago. Didn't get the memo?
they took our tittle of tallest tower!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101
*cough* That actually DIDN'T happen yet... Didn't READ the memo???
From the site above:
Quote:Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground (hence the name) and five under ground.
The building holds the records for:
Ground to structural top: 508 m (1667 ft), a record formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 m (1483ft).
Ground to roof: 448 m (1470 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower (442 m = 1454ft)
Ground to highest occupied floor: 438 m (1437 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower.
It does not hold the record for
Ground to pinnacle, which is held by the Sears Tower 529 m (1703ft).
Note: Toronto's CN Tower (553 m) is excluded from these records because it is not a "habitable building", which is defined as a frame
structure made with floors and walls throughout. The CN remains the world's tallest free-standing structure on land. The KVLY-TV
mast near Mayville, North Dakota, is taller still at 629 m (2,063 ft), but is guyed by cables.
So Taipei 101: 508m
CN Tower: 553m. But it's not a "building".
Pagir