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The Sky Taipei () is a
The Sky Taipei is located on the site of the former
File:Taipei Sky Tower 20211019.jpg, October 2021
File:The Sky Taipei 20220505.jpg, May 2022
File:The Sky Taipei 20220705.jpg, July 2022
The sky Taipei 2022 809.jpg, August 2022
The Sky Taipei 20230309.jpg, March 2023
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
under construction in 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 ...
, 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 ...
. Upon completion, it will be the third-tallest building in Taiwan and the second-tallest in 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 ...
and Taipei. The height of the building will be with a floor area of 87,464.32 m2, comprising 56 floors above ground as well as 5 basement levels.
History
The Sky Taipei is located on the site of the former Chinatrust Financial Building
Chinatrust Financial Building, or Chinatrust Group Tower (), was a 22-storey, office building completed in 1996 and located in Xinyi Special District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building had a total floor area of with two basement levels. The building ...
, the headquarters of CTBC Financial Holding CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Former: ChinaTrust Financial Holding Company Ltd., zh, 中國信託金融控股) is a holding company principally engaged in the finance industry through its eight major subsidiaries. Assets — $115.7 billion (20 ...
, which was built in 1996 and was demolished in 2016 to make way for the new building.
Construction started in 2019 and is to be completed by 2024.
The tower will house two luxury hotels by Hyatt
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, commonly known as Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, is an American multinational hospitality company headquartered in the Riverside Plaza area of Chicago that manages and franchises luxury and business hotels, resorts, and vacat ...
: Andaz Taipei and Park Hyatt Taipei.
Gallery
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Taipei
This list of tallest buildings in Taipei ranks skyscrapers in the Taiwanese capital region of Greater Taipei by height, which includes the cities of Taipei City and New Taipei City, hereafter simply referred to as Taipei.
The first building t ...
* List of tallest buildings in Taiwan
This list of skyscrapers in Taiwan ranks skyscrapers in Taiwan by height. The tallest building in Taiwan is currently the 101–story Taipei 101, which rises and was completed in 2004. It was officially classified as the world's tallest from 2 ...
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{{Xinyi Planning District Buildings and structures under construction in Taiwan Xinyi Special District Skyscraper hotels in Taipei