General Information
| Other name(s): | Golden Plaza |
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| Completion: | 1998 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 178 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 22 |
Chronology
| 26 February 2005 | A fire erupts in the 18th floor of the building, killing four persons. Several people are evacuated from the revolving restaurant at the top by helicopter. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Le Méridien Taichung (Chinese: 台中李方艾美酒店) is a 22-storey hotel building located in Central District, Taichung City, Taiwan. It is the 17th tallest building in Taiwan and the third tallest building in the city of Taichung. The hotel closed due to a fire in 2005. It is set to reopen on October 30, 2022, following major renovations.
Location
It is located in the center of Taichung, right in front of the Taichung Train Station.
History
The hotel opened in 1999 as the Golden Plaza Hotel. On Saturday, 26 February 2005, at 16:00 (08:00 GMT) a fire broke out in an upper floor. Those people located below the fire in the building were able to escape, taking cover from falling glass. Nine people were trapped on the roof of the building, 300 feet in the air, and were rescued by helicopter. 4 people were killed and 3 more injured. The cause of the fire was found to be an accident by a construction crew. In 2013, the damaged structure was purchased by Royal Seasons Hotels, which began renovations. The hotel was intended to reopen as Le Méridien Taichung, managed by the Le Méridien division of Marriott Hotels. However, the reopening has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Le Meridien Taichung" and modified on December 7, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20015320 - Published on:
26/02/2005 - Last updated on:
30/10/2023
