Presidential Office Building, Taipei

Presidential Office
總統府 Zǒngtǒngfǔ (Mandarin) Chóng-thóng-hú (Taiwanese) Chúng-thúng-fú (Hakka)
The Presidential Office Building facade
Former names	Government-General of Taiwan (臺灣總督府)
Alternative names	Presidential Palace
General information
Architectural style	Renaissance-baroque
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Address	122 Section 1 Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District
Coordinates	25°2′24″N 121°30′43″E / 25.04000°N 121.51194°E / 25.04000; 121.51194
Elevation	8m
Current tenants	ROC President ROC Vice President
Construction started	1 June 1912
Completed	31 March 1919
Cost	¥2.8 million
Height	60m (tower)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Uheiji Nagano (長野宇平治), Matsunosuke Moriyama [ja]
National monument of Taiwan
Type	Government
Designated	30 July 1998

The Presidential Office Building is the work place of the president of the Republic of China on Taiwan. The building, located in the Zhongzheng District in the national capital — Taipei, was designed by architect Uheiji Nagano during the period of Japanese rule of Taiwan (1895–1945). The structure originally housed the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Damaged in Allied bombing during World War II, the building was restored after the war by Chen Yi, the governor-general of Taiwan Province. It became the Presidential Office in 1950 after the government of the Republic of China lost control of mainland China and relocated the nation's capital to Taipei at the end of the Chinese Civil War. At present, this Baroque-style building is a symbol of the government and a famous historical landmark in downtown Taipei.