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Above: on this page you can find pictures of two ot the tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Towers.
They are 452 metres tall (1,483f), have 88 stories, and were completed in 1998.
They were the world's tallest from 1997 (when they were topped out) until October 2003.
In October 2003 Taipei 101 in Taiwan took over with a height of 509m/1,671f.




Here are some interesting facts about the Petronas Towers:

- combined the towers have 1,000,000m2 of floor space;
- at the 41st and 42nd level a skybridge connects the two towers 170m/558f above the ground.
This bridge is 58.4m/192f long, weighs 750 tons and is open for the public since the end of 2000.
The entrance is free (closed on Monday!), but only a limited amount of timed tickets (800) is given out each day.
Chances are you will have to wait in line quite a while, before you get such a free ticket;
and you're only allowed on the bridge for a mere 10 minutes. Worth it?
Maybe, but instead a visit to the observatory of Menara Kuala Lumpur is much more interesting,
though there is an entrance fee there (of RM15);
- the towers have 32.000 windows;
- the building costs were US $ 1,2 billion;
- the towers were designed to symbolise strength and grace using geometric principles typified in Islamic architecture;
- without pinnacle the buildings are 'only' 378m/1,240f tall;
- the towers are part of the 100-acre KLCC Development.
Other components of the development include the Suria KLCC, a six-story, 93,000 square feet shopping centre
(with 270 specialty shops, cinema's and a food arcade), Menara Maxis, Menara Esso, the 20-hectare KLCC Park,
a 6,000 capacity Surau, the District Cooling Centres to provide air conditioning
and infrastructure works within the vicinity.
The whole complex was built on a former horse-racing track;
- the towers' complex includes an art gallery, an 840-seat concert hall, and an underground parking lot;
the main occupant of the buildings is Petronas, the national oil-company;
- though completed in 1998, the buildings were officially opened on August 28th, 1999;
- each tower contains 80,000 m3 of concrete in strengths up to Grade 80, almost 11,000 tonnes of reinforcement,
and 7,500 tonnes of structural steel beams and trusses.
- when standing in front of the building and looking towards the entrance,
like seen on the picture above on the left (kl015), tower 2 is the building on the left,
and tower 1 is the building on the right.




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Kuala Lumpur's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. PETRONAS TOWER I 452m/1,483f, 88 stories, 1998
2. PETRONAS TOWER II 452m/1,483f, 88 stories, 1998
3. MENARA TELEKOM 310m/1,017f, 55 stories, 2001
4. MENARA MAYBANK 244m/799f, 50 stories, 1988
5. EMPIRE TOWER 238m/781f, 62 stories, 1994
6. MENARA MAXIS 212m/696f, 49 stories, 1998
7. BANGUNAN AMFINANCE 210m/689f, 50 stories, 1998
8. BERJAYA TIMES SQUARE, TOWERS A & B 203m/666f, 48 stories, 2003
9. MENARA MULTI PURPOSE 198m/650f, 40 stories, 1994
10. MAJU TOWER 196m/643f, 50 stories, 2002