The World's Tallest Building

Taipei 101 is currently the world's tallest building. It is 1,671 feet tall. Construction was started in 1999 and was completed in 2004. This building has 101 floors above ground (hence the name) and inside it houses the Taiwan Stock Exchange, restaurants, shops, and an observatory. In order to reach the observatory on the 89th floor, you can take the world's fastest elevator. It travels at 39 mph and will reach the 89th floor in less than 39 seconds. This building is also designed to withstand earthquakes over 7 on the Richter Scale. When Davis and I went to see it, the observatory wasn't opened to the public yet. :( It opened a week after I left Taiwan. So instead we went to another observatory downtown which was on top of a department store. So I was still able to get a good view of the city.