Taipei 101 is a 101-floor skyscraper located in Taipei City, Taiwan. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners, it is the tallest building in the world by three of the four standards designated by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Its original name was Taipei Financial Center, based on its official Chinese name: the Taipei International Financial Center.

Taipei 101 has 101 stories aboveground (hence the name) and five underground.

The building holds the records for:

Ground to structural top: 508 m (1670 ft), a record formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 m (1483 ft)
Ground to roof: 448 m (1470 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower 442 m (1454ft)
Ground to highest occupied floor: 438 m (1437 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower
Fastest Acending Elevator speed: 1010 meters/min (37.5 miles/hour.)
It does not hold the record for ground to pinnacle, which is held by the Sears Tower 529 m (1703ft).

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