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Ulf Meyer Taipei 101 30 Police Station Wen Der 34 the Grand Hotel 34 Tradition and Modernity on the Ilha Formosa 9 Ulf Meyer Taipei City 16 Taipei 101 30 Police station Wen Der 34 The Grand Hotel 34 Continental Engineering Building 36 Office of the President 37 Shin Kong Life Tower 38 National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 40 National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 42 Chiencheng Circle 46 Ant Farm House 47 Main Railway Station 50 District Library in Shipai 54 Guangren Catholic Elementary School 55 Continental Engineering Corporation Building 56 Dunhua South Road Office Tower 57 Taipei Fine Arts Museum 57 National Taiwan University Hospital 58 Beitou Library 58 Exhibition Halls for the Taipei International Flora Expo 59 Butterfly Pavilion, Taipei International Flora Expo 60 EcoArk Pavilion at the Taipei International Flora Expo 64 National Palace Museum 67 Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation 67 Taipei Guest House 70 Control Yuan 70 Red House 71 Judicial Office Building 72 Executive Yuan 72 Taipei Post Office 73 Land Bank Building 73 National Taiwan Museum 74 228 Peace Memorial Park 76 Futai Street Mansion 77 Zhongshan Hall 77 St. Christopher Church 78 Agricultural Exhibition HalL, National Taiwan University 80 Laboratories Building, Taipei Medical University 81 Institute of European and American Studies 81 Taipei World Trade Centre 82 Taiwan Motor Image 3S Centre 83 Dadaocheng Presbyterian Church 84 TEK Cube (Technology, Entertainment & Knowledge Centre) 86 National Theatre and National Concert Hall 90 http://d-nb.info/1018325158 Taipei Pop Music Centre 92 Chinatrust Bank Headquarters 94 Taishin Financial Tower 96 Hung Kuo Building 97 Black Pearl Office Building 98 Ruin Academy 98 Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library 99 Taiwan Folk Arts Museum 100 Nung Chan (Water Moon) Monastery 101 Taipei Building 104 Louis Vuitton Taipei Building 104 Taipei Performing Arts Centre 105 LE Office Tower 106 New Taipei City 108 Yingge Ceramics Museum 114 Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology 115 Chen House 116 Pedestrian Bridge Banqiao 117 Sacred Heart Girls High School 118 Taovuan County 122 Headquarters of Inotera Memories Inc. 124 Library and Administrative Education Building, Yuan Ze University 128 Far Eastern Telecom Building, Yuan Ze University 130 Quanta Research and Development Centre 132 Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 2 133 China Airlines CAL Park at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport 134 Extension of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 136 Chung Cheng Aviation Museum 138 Taichunq Citv 140 The Light of Christ's Salvation Church 146 Luce Memorial Chapel 148 Taichung City Hall 152 Luminary Buddhist College 152 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan 154 Tunghai University Campus 154 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts 156 National Museum of Natural Science 157 Botanical Garden 158 Taichung Metropolitan Opera House 160 House Flora 164 House Peng 166 Taichung Convention Centre 168 Nian Residence 175 Humanities Building of Tunghai University 175 Giant Headquarters Building 176 Shin Min High School Art Centre 176 Tainan Citv 178 Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Centre 182 Holy Cross Catholic Church 183 Tainan Astronomical Education Area 184 National Museum of Prehistory 188 Tainan National University of the Arts 189 Black-faced Spoonbill Ecology Exhibition Hall 190 Kaohsiunq City 192 World Games Stadium 200 Ching Fu Group Headquarters 201 Department Store Star Place 202 Tuntex Sky Tower 204 Chang-gu World Trade Centre 205 R9 Subway Station Central Park 206 Library of the Kaohsiung Medical University 207 Kaohsiung Arena 210 Zuoying Railway Station 210 Wei-wu-ying Centre for the Arts 211 Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Centre 212 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts 213 China Steel Corporation Headquarters 216 Formosa Boulevard Station 218 Other Areas : 222 Hsiangshan Visitor Centre, Sun Moon Lake 224 Min-he Elementary School, Nantou County 225 Min-ho Junior High School, Nantou County 226 High-Speed Rail Hsinchu Station, Hsinchu County 227 Lanyang Museum, Yilan County 228 Tannan Elementary School, Nantou County 230 Lalu Hotel, Sun Moon Lake 231 Chung Tai Chan Monastery, Nantou County 232 Wood Sculpture Museum, MiaoLi County 233 Sun Shooting Tower, Chiayi City 234 Tzu Chi Global Headquarters, Hualien County 234 National Palace Museum, Chiayi County 236 Labour Recreation Centre and Cricket Field, Yunlin County 238 Taiwan Centre for Disease Control, Hsinchu County 240 ITRI Sports and Leisure Centre Yo-Ho Club, Hsinchu County 241 Pedestrian Bridge near the Wanggong Fishing Port, Changhua County 242 Terrace Villa, Hsinchu County 246 National Museum of Prehistory, Taitung County 248 Kung Tung Technical Senior High School, Taitung County 250 Annex 254 Maps 256 Index of Architects 265 Index of Buildings and Projects 266 .
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