The Taipei Twin Towers () is a

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development in

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. Scheduled to be completed in 2027, it includes two skyscrapers, the taller of which is with 74 floors and the shorter of which is with 55 floors. It is located near

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, and

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. When the complex is complete, it will be the second tallest building in Taiwan, surpassing the

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, which was completed in 1997. It is estimated to cost

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60.6 billion (US$1.95 billion).

History

The project was originally designed by Japanese architect

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for the initial 2005 bid that planned to finish constructing the skyscrapers by 2011. However, it was delayed multiples times due to a series of complication in the bidding process, which was restarted in 2018 again for the sixth time. In the latest round of bids, two proposals were submitted. In December 2018 the bid submitted by a consortium led by Hong Kong-based Nan Hai Development Ltd and Malaysian property developer Malton Berhad was named the most favored bidder. The skyscrapers were designed by

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in collaboration with CHY Architecture Urban Landscape to revitalise the central station area in the capital's

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and was to be constructed as a pile of blocks, each fronted by screens that will display "major cultural spectacles, sporting events, and advertising", establishing the area as "a

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for

". In June 2019, the most favored bidder status was revoked by Taiwan's Investment Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs due to national security concerns because it found Nan Hai to be Chinese-funded and the majority of its board members hailing from China. The bid was subsequently awarded in December 2019 to the runner-up, a consortium led by Taiwanese computer maker

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and its property development affiliate Hongwell Group with designs by American architectural firm

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. The basement of building C1 is the terminus for the

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. The construction of the towers officially began on November 11, 2022 with the ground breaking ceremony attended by the Taipei mayor

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History

See also

References