There have been many efforts involved in the study of geotechnical engineering characteristics of the soil deposits in Taipei basin in the past few decades. As the rapid development of Taipei city, engineers encounter challenges due to the construction of high-rise building and underground facilities. Therefore, more in-depth studies have been carried out in the past few years. This paper briefly summarizes some of the important findings, such as groundwater and ground subsidence, soil behavior and constitutive modeling, distribution of gravel layer, methane gas and driftwood, earthquake engineering and soil dynamics characteristics.