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Country Guide · Honest Height Rankings
In Honest 100
1
Rank pending
0
Tallest (honest)
438m
Best ratio
13.8%
Taiwan has one confirmed building in the Honest 100: Taipei 101 in Taipei (508.2 metres architectural top, 438 metres highest occupied floor), scoring 13.8%. From 2004 to 2010, Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building by architectural height. Its observation deck at 449.2 metres is accessible to the public and sits above the highest occupied office floor - the deck is the highest point humans can reach in the building. The 59-metre spire above the observation deck is architectural.
Buildings ranked by Honest Height - the elevation of the highest occupied floor, not architectural top. The gap is the Vanity Ratio. See the full methodology.
Buildings in Taiwan, drawn to scale
Each silhouette drawn to scale. Silver = the height humans actually reach. Amber = the decorative steel above it.
Top 1 in Taiwan · Confirmed occupied height
Taipei 101 was designed for wind engineering: the pagoda-inspired stepped profile reduces wind load, and the 660-tonne tuned mass damper inside is one of the largest in the world. The 13.8% Vanity Ratio reflects a building where most of the height is real. The 59-metre spire above the observation deck is modest by global standards. Taiwan got a good building.