Presidential Office Building, Taipei

Presidential Office
總統府
Zǒngtǒngfǔ (Mandarin)
Chóng-thóng-hú (Taiwanese)
Chúng-thúng-fú (Hakka)
The Presidential Office Building facade
Map
Former namesGovernment-General of Taiwan
(臺灣總督府)
Alternative namesPresidential Palace
General information
Architectural styleRenaissance-baroque
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Address122 Section 1 Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District
Coordinates25°2′24″N 121°30′43″E / 25.04000°N 121.51194°E / 25.04000; 121.51194
Elevation8m
Current tenantsROC President
ROC Vice President
Construction started1 June 1912
Completed31 March 1919
Cost¥2.8 million
Height60m (tower)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Uheiji Nagano (長野宇平治), Matsunosuke Moriyama [ja]
TypeGovernment
Designated30 July 1998
Office of the President
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中華民國總統府
Simplified Chinese中华民国总统府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒngfǔ
Bopomofoㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄈㄨˇ
Wade–GilesChung1-hua2 Min2-kuo2 Tsung3-t'ung3-fu3
Tongyong PinyinJhonghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒngfǔ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳChûng-fà Mìn-koet Chúng-thúng-fú
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiong-hoâ Bîn-kok Chóng-thóng-hú
Tâi-lôTiong-huâ Bîn-kok Tsóng-thóng-hú
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCDṳ̆ng-huà Mìng-guók Cūng-tūng-hū
Government-General of Taiwan
Traditional Chinese臺灣總督府
Transcriptions
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳThòi-vân Chúng-tuk-fú
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTâi-oân Chóng-tok-hú
Tâi-lôTâi-uân Tsóng-tok-hú
Japanese name
Kanaたいわんそうとくふ
Kyūjitai臺灣總督府
Shinjitai台湾総督府
Transcriptions
RomanizationTaiwan Sōtoku-fu

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 capitalTaipei, 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.