Taipei Home

Taipei Home

The predecessor of Taipei Home was the American Consulate in Taipei, located in Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan, not far north of the intersection of Section 2, Zhongshan North Road, and West Nanjing Road. It is a two-story Western-style building that commenced construction in 1925 and was completed in 1926. The building adopts an overall Southern American Victorian architectural style, covering a total area of 375 pyeong, and was originally the “American Consulate in Taipei” during the Japanese colonial era. After World War II, as Taiwan entered the era of the Republic of China, the building successively served as the American Consulate in Taipei, the American Consulate General in Taipei of the Republic of China, the U.S. Navy attaché office, and the ambassador’s residence for the U.S. Ambassador to Taiwan.

Taipei Home is a white Western-style building with a protruding veranda on the eastern side. Its layout is square, and the columns are in the ancient Greek style, exuding an elegant and simple atmosphere that evokes the prosperity of the past. In terms of interior design, in addition to retaining the exterior's Doric-style white pillars, the central corridor and spatial design of the mezzanine

On November 10, 2002, the Taipei City Government entrusted the rebuilt Taipei House to the “Film Culture Association” through a public-private partnership model, positioning its function as promoting film art. Today, the Taipei House Cinema screens six films daily, complemented by facilities such as an Eslite bookstore themed around film art, C25 Café, an exhibition hall, a multi-purpose meeting room, the Sixth Avenue Bar, and a garden leisure area, allowing the public to easily explore the world of cinema.

Taipei Film House

Reason to visit: The most representative building in Taiwan’s history