This list of tallest buildings in Taipei ranks

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s in the

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

ese

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of Greater Taipei by height, which includes the cities of

Taipei City Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the Capital city, capital and a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Regions of Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of t ...

and

New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, be ...

, hereafter simply referred to as Taipei. The first building to surpass in Taipei is the

Shin Kong Life Tower Shin Kong Life Tower (), at 51 stories and a height of , is one of Taiwan's earliest skyscrapers. The rose-colored tower topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taipei, and dates from 1993. Its first twelve floors and two ...

, which was completed in 1993 and is tall. Currently, the tallest building in Taipei is the 101–

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, which rises and was completed in 2004. Taipei 101 was officially classified as the world's tallest from 2004 to 2010. Now, it is still the tallest building in Taiwan, Asia's 6th tallest building and the world's 10th tallest building. There are currently several buildings over 200m under construction in Taipei, including the

Taipei Twin Towers The Taipei Twin Towers () is a supertall skyscraper development in Taipei, Taiwan. 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 n ...

towers A and B, which are under planning and will reach and respectively, the

Taipei Sky Tower The Sky Taipei () is a skyscraper under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. Upon completion, it will be the third-tallest building in Taiwan and the second-tallest in Xinyi Special District and Taipei. The height of the building will be with a flo ...

, which is under construction in Xinyi District and will reach . The tallest buildings are mostly concentrated in the modern

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s of Xinyi Planning District,

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and

Xinzhuang District Xinzhuang District () is a district in the western part of New Taipei in northern Taiwan. It has an area of and a population of 413,443 people (2016). History A former name of the area is ''Pulauan'' (). On 15 January 1980, Xinzhuang was ...

as well as the traditional city centre of

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Panoramics

Tallest Buildings in Taipei

Only buildings over are included. 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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s and

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Tallest Buildings Proposed/ Under Construction

Timeline of tallest buildings

Skylines

File:New Taipei Skyline 2018.jpg,

New Taipei city New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, be ...

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Taipei city Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the Capital city, capital and a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Regions of Taiwan, Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of t ...

File:Xinzhuang skyline 2020.jpg, Xinzhuang, New Taipei city File:Far East Science & Technology Center and Farglory U-Town 20200809.jpg, Xizhi, New Taipei city File:Zhonghe skyline 2016.jpg, Zhonghe, New Taipei city File:Taipei Taiwan skyline from Zhongxiao Wharf.jpg,

, Taipei city

References

External links

Tallest buildings in Taipei on Emporis

Tallest Buildings in Taipei on The Skyscraper Center

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Taipei 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 n ...