December 01, 2004 - Taipei 101 Awards
Taipei 101 has won the following awards.
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Project Updates
Press Releases
June 11, 2010 - Dennis Poon Honored with Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award
Dennis Poon has been named one of the 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business for 2010.
January 18, 2011 - Thornton Tomasetti’s Dennis C.K. Poon Named ENR ‘Top Newsmaker’
Thornton Tomasetti’s Dennis C.K. Poon, P.E., managing principal, has been named one of the 25 Top Newsmakers of 2010 by the editors of Engineering News-Record magazine for his influence on China’s building codes regarding supertall structures.
September 14, 2011 - Thornton Tomasetti’s Dennis Poon Named to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Board of Trustees
Thornton Tomasetti Vice Chairman Dennis C.K. Poon, P.E. has been named to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Board of Trustees.
Media Mentions
December 01, 2003 - Modern Steel: Steel Goes Global
Around the world, structural steel is the material of choice for innovative designs and tight construction schedules. From parking structures to chemical plants, bridges to tall buildings, steel is everywhere.
April 26, 2004 - ENR: World's Tallest Anointed
A 508-meter-tall skyscraper nearing completion in Taiwan’s capital has grabbed the title of world’s tallest building from the 452-m-tall twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 24, 2003 - ENR: Taipei’s 508-Meter ‘Megatower’
Taipei’s 508-meter-tall tower, destined to grab the record from Kuala Lumpur’s twin Petronas Towers when it opens late next year, is the safest place in town, says its structural designer.
June 01, 2006 - Structure Magazine: Ingredients of High-Rise Design
Recipe for a structural challenge: take on basic office tower, ‘super size’ to world’s-tallest proportions, carve into a unique shape, fan (in typhoons) and shake well (in earthquakes)….serves thousands (of tenants and visitors)…this is Taipei 101 in Taiwan, Republic of China.
May 01, 2008 - National Geographic: Ken Maschke and Taipei 101
Richard inside Taipei 101, with a model of the massive building.
July 28, 2011 - Greenbang: Taipei boasts world’s greenest skyscraper
Taipei 101, one of the world’s tallest buildings, is also now the world’s greenest skyscraper.
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