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counter the resulting move- World Trade Center, the City
ments, a turned-mass damper Hall, the China Trust
system has been incorporated Commercial Bank and the Great
into the structure. This system Hyatt Hotel, the Taipei 101
transfers the energy from the offers almost 200000 square
building to the swinging sphere, meters of office space, fully
providing a stabilizing force. equipped with dual communica-
The 800 metric ton special steel tion channels comprised of a
backbone,
optic
mass is located on level 88 (!) fiber
address in the South-East Asia
and will be visible from the microwave and satellite com- and CEOs of international
restaurant and observation munication backups, more than enterprises and societies will
desks on floors 89 and 91 to 77000 square meters of retail proudly present their business
which two high-speed elevators space and a 4-level parking cards by saying "we are at the
will bring you up at a maximum space for more than 1800 vehi- 101".
speed of 101Om/minute. cles and 3000 motorcycles.
BEA TR/X-M. STAMPFLI
In the heart of the city's Xinyi The Taipei 101 Tower will
district, next to the Taipei surely be the most envied
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