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| Petronas Tower Kuala lumpur |
The Petronas Towers were the tallest buildings in the world for six years, until Taipei 101 was completed in 2004.The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building is the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower.The height of the towers is measured to the top of their structural components such as spires.The Twin Towers, built to house the headquarters of Petronas, the national petroleum company of Malaysia, were designed by the Argentine-born American architect Cesar Pelli; they were completed in 1998. The plan for each tower is identical: an eight-lobed circular structure that contains 88 stories of occupiable space and a pyramid-shaped pinnacle surmounted by a slender steel spire. Both rise to a height of 1,483 feet , which includes 242 feet (73.6 metres) for pinnacle and spire. Each building is supported by 16 large columns around its perimeter, which, along with the rest of the frame, are made of high-strength, steel-reinforced concrete rather than of structural steel; the exterior sheathing consists of stainless steel and glass. A skybridge two stories tall links the two towers between the 41st and 42nd stories.
Petronas Towers include 88 stories as well as an extra structural factor , plus a high spire to 1483 feet. Compete with the Sears Tower in Chicago which is 110 stories, and the twin World Trade Center towers in New York, which were each 110 stories. Even though these other tall buildings were designed with larger filled floors, they are not regarded as tall within the arcane guidelines used for ranking the world's tallest, based on which design spires rely towards building height, but antennas upon a building do not.
- Height: 1,483 ft (452 meters)
- City: Kuala Lumpur
- Architects: Cesar Pelli & Associates
- Topping Out: 1998
- Opening: August 28, 1999
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