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Xinyi Special District
Xinyi Planning District ( zh, 信義計畫區), also known as the Xinyi Planning Area, is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The total area of the Xinyi Planning District is 153 hectares. It was designed in the 1970s and developed from the 1980s onward. Xinyi Planning District is the prime central business district of Taipei. Important infrastructure, such as Taipei 101, Taipei City Hall, Taipei International Convention Center and Taipei World Trade Center, is located within this area. Historical Development Its historical development began in 1976, when the Taipei Municipal Government accepted the proposal to redevelop the area east of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The goal of this redevelopment was to set up a secondary commercial center away from the more crowded old city center (Taipei Station, Ximending area). The redevelopment hoped to increase the prosperity of the eastern district and the convenience of urban life for existing residents. The development fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Skyline 2022
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central government sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BELLAVITA Shopping Center
The Bellavita Shopping Center () is a luxury shopping mall in Xinyi Special District, Taipei, Taiwan that opened on September 21, 2009. It is rated amongst the top luxury malls in Asia. History Bellavita Shopping Center, which costs about NT$9 billion and took 5 years to build, was completed and opened in 2009. Its behind-the-scenes business unit, Chun Yee Co., Ltd., is jointly operated by the wife of Quanta Computer’s vice chairman and president C.C. Leung, vice chairman and general manager of Quanta Group, and three daughters. The name "Bellavita" was taken from Italian and means "a beautiful life", which is suitable for its concept of providing a better life for the shoppers. Facilities Jointly designed by the P&T Group and Chu-Yuan Lee, the 9- storey building adopts a European architectural style that combines nature, sunlight, water and plants, with a fountain with changing lights, specially planted palm trees from the Middle East and a colourful garden in the atrium. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsin Lihwa Building
The Walsin Lihwa Building, or Citibank Tower (), is a skyscraper office building located in Xinyi Special District, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. Construction of the building began in 2006 and it was completed in 2009. The height of the building is , the floor area is , and it comprises 27 floors above ground, as well as five basement levels. The building was designed by LCRA Architects and it houses the headquarters of Citibank (Taiwan), as well as the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office and the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei. See also * List of tallest buildings in Taiwan * List of tallest buildings in Taichung * Xinyi Special District * Canadian Trade Office in Taipei The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT; french: Bureau commercial du Canada à Taipei; ) is Canada's trade office in Taiwan, which functions as a ''de facto'' embassy in the absence of official diplomatic relations in which Canada recognized t ... * Citibank References 2009 establishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi
is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, which also owns the Isetan department store chain. History It was founded in 1673 with the (shop name) , selling kimono. Ten years later in 1683, Echigoya took a new approach to marketing. Instead of selling by going door-to-door, they set up a store where buyers could purchase goods on the spot with cash. Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro is named after the adjacent Mitsukoshi department store. Mitsukoshi is the root of Mitsui group. In the 1970s, Mitsukoshi bought the Oriental Nakamura department store in Nagoya and re-branded them as . Genichiro Inokuma designed the wrapping paper in white and red. In August 2007, it was announced that Mitsukoshi would merge into Isetan, a major department store in Japan. Mitsukoshi was unlisted on March 26, 2008, and on April 1, it merged with Isetan under a joint holding company called Isetan Mitsuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay Landmark
The Cathay Landmark () is a skyscraper located in Xinyi Special District, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the eighth tallest building in Taiwan and the fourth tallest in Xinyi Special District. The height of the building is 212 m, the floor area is 152,488.6m2, and it comprises 46 floors above ground as well as 6 basement levels. The building was designed by Kris Yao. The shopping mall Breeze Xinyi occupies floors B2F through 4F and is operated by the . See also * Taipei 101 * Shin Kong Life Tower * 85 Sky Tower * List of tallest buildings in Taiwan * Xinyi Special District Xinyi Planning District ( zh, 信義計畫區), also known as the Xinyi Planning Area, is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The total area of the Xinyi Planning District is 153 hectares. It was designed in the 1970s and developed from ... References 2015 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Taipei Office buildings completed in 2015 Xinyi Special District Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uni-President International Tower
The Uni-President International Tower () is a skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the fifth tallest in Xinyi Special District(after Taipei 101, Taipei Nan Shan Plaza, Cathay Landmark and Farglory Financial Center). The height of building is 154.0 m, the floor area is 116,773.91m2, and it comprises 30 floors above ground, as well as 7 basement levels. It houses the Australian Office in Taipei, British Office Taipei, and Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office. The lower level shopping mall is operated by Eslite (Eslite Xinyi, ). See also * List of tallest buildings in Taiwan * Xinyi Planning District Xinyi Planning District ( zh, 信義計畫區), also known as the Xinyi Planning Area, is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The total area of the Xinyi Planning District is 153 hectares. It was designed in the 1970s and developed from ... References Office buildings completed in 2004 Skyscraper office buildings in Taipei Xinyi Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farglory Financial Center
The Farglory Financial Center () is a skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the eighth tallest building in Taiwan and the fourth tallest in Xinyi Special District(after Taipei 101, Taipei Nan Shan Plaza and Cathay Landmark). The height of building is 208 m, the floor area is 61,147.58m2, and it comprises 32 floors above ground, as well as 4 basement levels. See also * List of tallest buildings in Taiwan * Xinyi Special District Xinyi Planning District ( zh, 信義計畫區), also known as the Xinyi Planning Area, is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The total area of the Xinyi Planning District is 153 hectares. It was designed in the 1970s and developed from ... * Farglory International Center References Office buildings completed in 2013 Skyscraper office buildings in Taipei Xinyi Special District {{Taiwan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Council
Taipei City Council () is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 63 councillors, all elected lately in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Composition The Kuomintang, gaining 1 seat after the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, maintained its status as the largest party in the city council, but falling short of an overall majority. The Democratic Progressive Party, although still being the largest opposition party in the council, lost 8 seats in the election. New Party and People First Party, members of the conventional pan-Blue coalition, won 2 seats each. Smaller parties, including New Power Party, Social Democratic Party and Can't Stop This Party, won 3 seats in total. All standing as an independent, 7 candidates were elected to the city council. Since the local elections in 2018, the Council was composed as follows: History First building The Council was formed in 1946 after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Metro
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondola. Taipei Metro was the first metro system ever built in Taiwan. The initial network was approved for construction in 1986 and work began two years later. It began operations on March 28, 1996, and by 2000, 62 stations were in service across three main lines. Over the next nine years, the number of passengers had increased by 70%. Since 2008, the network has expanded to 131 stations and the passenger count has grown by another 66%. The system has been praised by locals for its effectiveness in relieving growing traffic congestion in Taipei and its surrounding satellite towns, with over two million trips made daily. History Proposal and construction The idea of constructing the Taipei Metro was fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W Hotels
W Hotels is an American upscale lifestyle hotel chain owned by Marriott International that is marketed towards a younger age group. History W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the former Doral Inn hotel on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. It quickly became popular as a New York City nightclub. Identifying a gap in the market, Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Hotels 1995–2005, created the brand that popularized the lifestyle hotel concept of focusing on fashion and design. This included dark, muted colors, brushed metal, hotel staff in black T-shirts rather than white jackets, tasteful photographs, and a trendy bar. His demand for all-white bedding required manufacturers to develop white fabric that stayed clean without weekly dry cleaning. The earlier Ws in the U.S. were cutting edge renovations of existing hotels within the Starwood group. Replacing the lobby with the "living room" concept, where guests could gather at the bar, differed from the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Hall Bus Station
The Taipei City Hall Bus Station () is a mixed-used skyscraper complex located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The architectural height of the building is and it comprises 30 floors above ground. The lower floors of the building serves as a transportation hub for bus and metro, with the metro's Taipei City Hall Station incorporated into the basement. The 8th to 31st floors of the building house the W Taipei, a five-star hotel operated by W Hotels. It offers a total of 405 guest rooms. It started trial operations in February 2011, and official operations in March 2011. Overview The station covers an area of 2,500 ping (7934 m2) and operates using a BOT scheme for 50 years under Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. It is situated on the southeastern side of the intersection of Keelung Road and Zhongxiao East Road. The 150-meter tall station building has 31 stories above ground and 5 stories below. Plans for the station date back to 1998 under then-mayor Ma Ying-jeou. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FEDS Xinyi A13
FEDS Xinyi A13 () is a shopping mall located in the Xinyi Planning District of Taipei, Taiwan that started trial operation on 25 December 2019 and officially opened on 19 January 2020. With a total floor area of , it has 14 floors above ground and 3 floors below ground. Main core stores include Vieshow Cinemas, Lego Store Taipei (the first Lego certified store in Taiwan) and Apple Store Xinyi A13 (the second Apple Store in Taiwan). The mall's revenue in 2020 is around NT$3.8 billion. This is the 11th store of the Far Eastern Department Stores company. Design The building is designed by the Taiwanese architect Kris Yao. The fourth storey food court of the mall presents an architectural image of the 1950s and 60s historical streets of Dadaocheng. Public transportation The mall is located in close proximity to Taipei City Hall metro station on the Bannan Line and Taipei 101–World Trade Center metro station on the Tamsui–Xinyi line of the Taipei Metro. Gallery Cathay Financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
