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Taipei 101 is a 106-floor skyscraper in Xenia District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its original name was Taipei Financial Center, based on its official Chinese name: the Taipei International Financial Building. It is the tallest building in the world by three of the four standards designated by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground (hence the name) and five under ground.

The building holds the records for:

• Ground to structural top: 508 m (1667 ft), a record formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 m (1483ft).
• 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.

It does not hold the record for

• Ground to pinnacle, which is held by the Sears Tower 529 m (1703ft).

Note: Toronto's CN Tower (553 m) is excluded from these records because it is not a "habitable building", which is defined as a frame structure made with floors and walls throughout. The CN remains the world's tallest free-standing structure on land. The KVLY-TV mast near Mayville, North Dakota, is taller still at 629 m (2,063 ft), but is guyed by cables.

Taipei 101's roof was completed on July 1, 2003. In a ceremony presided over by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, the pinnacle was fitted on October 17, 2003, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Towers by 50 meters (165 feet). (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3200160.stm) Its records may be surpassed by several buildings planned for completion before 2009, including Union Square Phase 7 in Hong Kong, Shanghai World Financial Center, Freedom Tower in New York City, and Burj Dubai in the U.A.E..