The Not So Nice 101

The journey continues with the exploration of Taipei city

The most eye-catching or maybe eye-soring building in Taipei is this 502m, world tallest building. I wish to apologize to the Taiwanese reader for my negative comment on this building.

It isn`t because 101 took over Petronas Tower as the world tallest building that makes me dislikes this "full of Feng Sui" features building.
Perhaps the architect tried so hard to comply with the Taiwanese clients` demand who wanted something different from China mainland sky-scapers and like usual wanted to show that Taiwan is more "Chinese" than the Chinese themseldves in the mainland, that they (the architect) ended up decorating 101 with too many Chinese features.

Luckily there is no Batik or Wau ( Malaysian traditonal kite ) featured on Petronas Tower.
Petronas Tower is still my favourite sky-scraper (although it is not locally designed).




The Taipei 101 Building standing at 508m as the world tallest building.
(Petronas Tower, Kuala Lumpur stands at 452m)


The are many Chinese feature on this building inculding this Dragon Backbone, use as the roof truss in the Taipei IOI Shopping Center


The Mezzenine Floor


Shin Kwang shopping arcade near Taipei 101.. everything here costs an arm and a leg..!!!


So.. this is the forbidden photo