Taipei tower to be world’s tallest

2003 - Faced with devastating earthquakes, raging typhoons and a decade-long property slump, Taiwan knew it needed more than the usual dose of luck to build the world’s tallest skyscraper at this time. So as soon as architects finished a draft design for the 508-metre (1,667-foot) Taipei 101-storey, which is expected to replace Malaysia’s Petronas Towers as the world’s tallest building in October, developer Harace Lin sent for a feng shui master.