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Shin Kong Life Tower
新光人壽摩天大樓
66 Chunghsiao West Road, Zhong-Zhen District
Taipei Taiwan
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Finished | 1993 | | Floor Count | 51 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - observation | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - postmodern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 244.0 m | | | | | | | |
Description
• Architect: Kaku Morin.
• Others: China Steel Structure Company LTD, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC).
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• The Shin Kong Life Tower was Taiwan's tallest building until 1997, when Kaohsiung's 348m Tuntex Skytower was completed.
• Located across from Taipei's central railroad and subway station, the tower is one of the most well known landmarks in the city.
• The largest branch of Taipei's three Mitsukoshi department stores is located in floors 1-13 of the building. There is also a public observatory on the 46th floor and a restaurant on the 44th. The rest of the building houses offices for the Shin Kong Life Insurance Co.
• A golden Shin Kong logo (a "kong" character inside an oval) is mounted on the tenth floor of the building. Shin Kong is an old-style romanization of the "Hsin Kuang" or "Shin Kwang", meaning "New Light".
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