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Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground (hence the name) and five under ground. It holds three out of the four official World's Tallest Building titles designated by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The four categories are:
Taipei 101's measures, respectively, are 508 m = 1667 ft (pinnacle & structural top); 448 m = 1470 ft (roof); and 438 m = 1437 ft (highest floor).
The tower topped out to the roof, at 448 meters, on July 1, 2003. In a ceremony presided over by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, the pinnacle was fitted on October 17 2003, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Towers by 50 meters (165 feet). [1] It may not hold the record for very long, as several other buildings in construction, all planned for completion before 2009, would surpass Taipei 101, such as Union Square Phase 7Union Square Phase 7 is the formal name of a skyscraper under construction in Hong Kong. It has also been known as MTR Tower after owner MTR Corporation. MTR is also owner of the International Finance Centre that Union Square 7 will surpass as Hong Kong's in Hong KongThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong (, pinyin: Xinggng, WG: Hsiang-kang, Cantonese IPA, Jyutping or Penkyamp: hoeng1 gong2, meaning Fragrant Harbour , is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of Chi, Shanghai World Financial CenterThe Shanghai World Financial Center has been intermittently under construction in Shanghai, work having resumed in 2003 after concerns about stability of the soil. It originally began construction in 1997. Its roof height has been set at 492 m (1,614 feet, Freedom TowerAlternate meaning: Freedom Tower (Miami The Freedom Tower is the name given to the planned centerpiece building of the new World Trade Center, whose predecessor was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001. When completed by 2008 or 2009, by some me in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, or Burj DubaiBurj Dubai is a 705-metre (2,313-foot) skyscraper currently under development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Emaar Properties. The developer's website claims that "it will beat all records and on a scale that will be a dramatic testament to Dubai's fai.