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Taipei 101
A few times I was in Taipei, I took a wrong turn; rather, i would confuse one building for another. Once, on my way to the National Palace Museum, I found myself at the National Museum. I had remembered the Palace Museum being a large structure set into a hill, but I emerged from the subway in the center of town. As I walked around a garden, I couldn't imagine that the museum had moved until I read the signs more carefully. On this particular afternoon, I wanted to go to the National Theater, near the CKS memorial hall, but ended up by the Sun Yat-Sen memorial; I had confused one memorial for another.
I did, however, manage to get this shot of Taipei 101, currently the world's tallest building. The group in front was a school group. I didn't have the time to actually step foot inside Taipei 101 on this trip, however. There just always seemed to be other things to do. Maybe next time I'll go and have dumplings at the Din Tai Fung there.
Posted 20 Mar 2008 | Photography + design © Eugene Kuo // 226.
Comments (3)
Interesting building. You probably already know this, but the Burj Dubai is currently the tallest structure in the world. It's just not finished yet.
The Turning Torso in Sweden is probably my favorite skyscraper. It's not very tall, but it's pretty cool, I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Torso
you know, i knew someone was going to bring up the dubai building. i checked on wikipedia, and, "international architectural standards define a 'building' as a structure capable of being fully occupied." since the dubai building does not currently meet this criteria, taipei 101 is currently the world's tallest "building." i was really careful in how i chose my words. :-)
incidentally, that is a rather cool building. personally, i don't think being the tallest is really as cool as having a well designed building.
Tena koe ehoa
I actually like the emergence of the building from this crowd scene the camera vantage point adds that wonderful relativity of people and environment as a comparative visual narrative.
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