Example 3

Taipei Financial Center

Taipei, Taiwan

 

This construction picture of the Taipei Finacial center is taken from Cladding, before it was finished.

 

 

***This building is 508 meters tall.***

***As well as being a prominent architectural feature, a sphere suspended by flexible steel cables acts as the TMD and keeps the building relatively still.***

 

 

This picture is taken from RWDI.

This is a sketch of the sphere shaped TMD for thTaipei financial center.

 

 

This picture is taken from Motioneering, Inc..

This is another sketch of the sphere shaped TMD.

 

 

This picture is also taken from Motioneering, Inc.

This is a sketch of the top of the tower, which is shown, uncompleted, in the construction photo at the top of this page. The sphere TMD is shown in the lower half of the sketch.