Shin Kong Life Tower

Shin Kong Life Tower 新光人壽保險摩天大樓
General information
Type	Mixed
Location	66 Zhongxiao West Road Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	25°2′45.40″N 121°30′55.21″E / 25.0459444°N 121.5153361°E / 25.0459444; 121.5153361
Completed	1993
Height
Antenna spire	245 m (804 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	51
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kaku Morin

Shin Kong Life Tower (Chinese: 新光人壽保險摩天大樓; pinyin: Xīnguāng Rénshòu Bǎoxiǎn Mótiān Dàlóu), at 51 stories and a height of 245 meters (803.8 ft), is one of Taiwan's earliest skyscrapers. The rose-colored tower topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, and dates from 1993. Its first twelve floors and two underground floors house a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store; the remaining floors provide office space and serve as headquarters for the Shin Kong Life insurance company. The building stands across Zhongxiao Road from Taipei Main Station near the Asiaworld Department Store.^[1][2]

The Shin Kong Life Tower was Taiwan's tallest building when it opened in 1993. The twin towers of the nearby Far Eastern Plaza, built at the same time, approached it in height. In 1997, the Tuntex 85 Sky Tower in the city of Kaohsiung became Taiwan's tallest. New height records were then set by Taipei 101 in 2004.