Monday, September 11, 2006
From the observation deck, you could see quite a bit of the Taipei Basin. From some of the windows, you could see some of the unique Chinese architectural designs fused with the engineering of modern skyscrapers.
Also, in the middle of the observation deck, you can see the dampening ball that is used to reduce the effects of wind and earthquake sway on the building. The ball is so massive that they had to hoist the ball up gradually as they built Taipei 101 underneath and around it.
Either the Discovery Channel or the Travel Channel had a pretty good documentary on the making of Taipei 101 a year ago. Pretty interesting when they used a time-lag video to show the building being built.
¶ Monday, September 11, 2006 
Also, in the middle of the observation deck, you can see the dampening ball that is used to reduce the effects of wind and earthquake sway on the building. The ball is so massive that they had to hoist the ball up gradually as they built Taipei 101 underneath and around it.
Either the Discovery Channel or the Travel Channel had a pretty good documentary on the making of Taipei 101 a year ago. Pretty interesting when they used a time-lag video to show the building being built.
¶ Monday, September 11, 2006
