SHIN KONG
LIFE TOWER


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SHIN KONG LIFE TOWER
245 metres/803 feet
51 stories
Completed: 1993

Some Shin Kong Life Tower facts & figures:

- designed by Kaku Morin;
- the building is situated in Taipei, Taiwan;
- it was Taiwan's tallest from 1993 until 1997, when Kaohsiung's Tuntex Sky Tower took over.
It remained Taipei's tallest until late 2003, when Taipei 101 was officially topped out;
- the building used to have an observatory on the 46th floor, which could be reached through one of the
fastest elevators in Taiwan. It reached the 46th floor in just under 30 seconds, travelling at 9 metres per second.
The observatory gave good views over Taipei and its surroundings,
but it was closed down in 2006, because of waning popularity because of competition of Taipei’s 101 observatory;
- the first twelve floors of the building are in use by a large department store
(Shin Kong Mitsukoshi); the rest is in use as office space.



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