One of my students swears he has a family member living there 
I mean, I can accept the idea that 101 has private offices and lounges for workaholics to crash for perhaps extended periods, but I am pretty sure there are no residential floors?
Also, has anyone heard of a private club called “Summit 101” or is this a myth?
Never heard of Summit 101, but there is Skyline 460, which is an even higher outdoor observation deck than the one regular tourists visit on the 89th floor. They harness you to a tether to allow you to safely walk around the circumference of the deck in the strong winds.
For that, you need to turn to Cindy Pon’s dystopian novel Want, a page-turner in which the protagonist (disguised and on a mission) lives in a fictitious flat in that iconic building.
With all the bullsh&t in the air lately, I highly recommend this book. 
Guy
I’ve heard this rumour too. There’s a hell of a lot of floorspace in there and I’m pretty sure they must have earmarked some of it for residential use. It’d be a bit daft not to - there’s always someone prepared to pay top dollar for that sort of thing.
If you look in the car park, they have some nice cars in private spaces, even at the weekend.
Everyone I know who works there practically lives there.
The top level w/observation deck is actually several floors and Summit is located there below the deck level. Also not all of the comm floors are really comm. (This is all public knowledge, I’m not revealing any secrets here, no worries.)
Private floors, including residential, clubs etc are normal for pretty much any/all buildings like that around the world. If you’re in a position to build something of substance then of course some portion will be set aside for you and your friends to enjoy. The bigger surprise would be if there were not! 
Does it talk about Taipei areas, buildings, history, culture?
Summit 101 is not a myth.
I don’t believe any of it is residential. It’d be a pretty bad residential spot.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes—all set in a hellishly polluted future. It’s a great read.
Guy
(I have no idea what’s being said)
I would find living there unpleasant and kind of scary tbh.
Ok consider my curiosity piqued. Do you know this firsthand or based on hearsay?
It looks like an event space. They said “豪宅”, which basically means “luxury housing” (or mansion), but nothing about what they show in that video says “home” to me. It look like just another floor of Taipei 101, where you can look down at the city and remember that you are in the only building that really makes up the Taipei skyline in the first place. And if that is a residence, is it the only one? What super rich person wants to be the only person living inside such a large building? You need neighbors that live in your building with you so that you can make sure they know how much better you are than them! It sounds like loneliness on top of the loneliness the ultra rich already feel just waking up in the morning.
Well, the protagonist lives there after his make-over.
Really the whole city of Taipei, stretching up to the wilds of Yangmingshan, is the setting of this story.
If you have a chance, let us know what you think of it. I’d be curious to know.
Guy
the video shows it’s not residential
Yeah this video is supposedly in reference to the Summit 101 bar
No they don’t. One of your students is bullshitting you.
Maybe they live in a similar-named community. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them utilize “101” in their name.
