Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

is located in the center of

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's north-south movement, with a population of more than 2.8 million. It is the employment, life and economic center of central Taiwan. Along with the development of industry and commerce, there was a boom in building skyscrapers in Taiwan in the 1990's. At present, there are 54 high-rise buildings built above 120 meters (including roofing and reconstruction) in Taichung City, making it the 1st place in the country. The first skyscraper in Taichung took shape around this period. Skyscrapers built during this period were mainly distributed on both sides of Section 2 of Taiwan Boulevard(original Taichung Port Road,) at the junction of the

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and North District. The second skyscraper settlement in Taichung is located on the north side of

Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone Taichung’s 7th Redevelopment Zone () is located in Xitun District and Nantun District, known to many local residents by its abbreviated Mandarin name "Qiqi" (七期). Before the Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone Plan, only a few farmhouses wer ...

Xitun District Xitun District or Situn District (, literally "western village") is the second-most populated district of Taichung, Taiwan. It is located on the western side of the city. Once considered part of the countryside, the district has seen rapid growt ...

. At present, almost all tall buildings over 120 meters are in this area. There are 35 buildings that have been completed and topped out(2021.) more than two-thirds of the city's tall buildings above 120 meters are in this area. The first buildings to surpass in Taichung is the 37–

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Long-Bang Trade Plaza complex, which were completed in 1993 and are each tall. Currently, the tallest building in Taichung is the 47–

The Landmark (Taichung), which rises and was completed in 2018. There are currently several skyscrapers under construction or proposed in Taichung, including the Taichung Commercial Bank Headquarters, which is under construction and will reach when completed in 2023 and the Intelligence Operation Center, which is currently under planning and will reach .

Tallest Buildings in Taichung

As of September 2020, the list of buildings in Taichung at least meters high is as follows according to

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. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year of completion. The list includes only habitable buildings, as opposed to structures such as

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Tallest Buildings under construction/ proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

References

External links

Tallest buildings in Taichung on Emporis

Tallest Buildings in Taichung on The Skyscraper Center
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Tallest Buildings in Taichung

Tallest Buildings under construction/ proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

See also

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