Tuntex 85 Sky Tower, Kaohsiung

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Tuntex 85 Sky Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Kaohsiung. Until the completion of Taipei 101, it was also the tallest building in Taiwan.

Tuntex 85 Sky Tower is also known as the T & C Tower, the Tuntex & Chien-Tai Tower, the Kaohsiung 85 Sky Tower, or simply the 85 Skytower. It stands at a height of 347.5 meters (1,140 feet). At the top of the building is an antenna that extends its height to 378 meters (1,240 feet). Until its completion in 1997, the tallest building in Taiwan was the Shin Kong Life Tower in Taipei.

Tuntex 85 Sky Tower, Kaohsiung

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The dramatic design of the Tuntex 85 Sky Tower is said to have been inspired by the Chinese character Kao (or Gao ), which means tall. The skyscraper comprises a pair of twin towers that are joined at the 39th floor to rise as a single tower the rest of the way till the 85th floor.

Tuntex 85 Sky Tower houses business offices, some upscale residential units, a department store and a hotel, the Splendor Kaohsiung, which occupies the 37th to the 70th floor. The skyscraper is served by the third fastest elevator in the world, after the ones used at Taipei 101 and Yokohama's Landmark Tower.

Tuntex 85 Sky Tower, Kaohsiung

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Tuntex 85 Sky Tower is owned by the Tuntex Group. It was designed by the architectural firms of C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. It was constructed between 1994 and 1997 at the cost of NT$5 billion.

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