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move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History and architecture Toggle History and architecture subsection 1.1 Notable events 2 Anchor tenants 3 Floor distribution 4 Features Toggle Features subsection 4.1 Suria KLCC 4.2 KLCC Park 4.3 Skybridge 4.4 Lift system 4.5 Service building 4.6 Ticketing system 5 In popular culture 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Toggle the table of contentsPetronas Towers
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Petronas Twin Towers Malay : Menara Berkembar Petronas Official wordmark The Petronas Towers at dusk, 2019 Alternative names Petronas Twin Towers, KLCC Twin Towers Record height Tallest in the world from 1998 to 2004 [I] Preceded by Willis Tower Surpassed by Taipei 101 General information Status Completed Type Commercial offices and tourist attraction Architectural style Postmodern Islamic architecture Location Jalan Ampang , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia Country Malaysia Groundbreaking 1 January 1992 ; 33 years ago ( 1992-01-01 ) Construction started 1 March 1993 ; 32 years ago ( 1993-03-01 ) Completed June 1996 ; 28 years ago ( 1996-06 ) Opened 31 August 1999 ; 25 years ago ( 1999-08-31 ) Inaugurated 31 August 1999 ; 25 years ago ( 1999-08-31 ) Renovated 16 September 2011 ; 13 years ago ( 2011-09-16 ) Cost US$1.6 billion [ 2 ] Owner KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd Height Architectural 451.9 m (1,483 ft) [ 1 ] Tip 451.9 m (1,483 ft) Antenna spire 46 m (151 ft) Roof 405.1 m (1,329 ft) Top floor 375 m (1,230 ft) (Level 88) [ 1 ] Observatory 370 m (1,210 ft) (Level 86) Technical details Floor count 88 (with 5 being underground) [ 1 ] Floor area 395,000 m 2 (4,252,000 sq ft) Lifts/elevators 38 (each tower) Design and construction Architect(s) César Pelli , [ 1 ] Adamson Associates Architects (as executive architect ) Developer KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd [ 1 ] Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti & Ranhill Bersekutu [ 1 ] Main contractor Tower 1: Hazama CorporationTower 2: Samsung Engineering & Construction and Kukdong Engineering & Construction
City Center: B.L. Harbert International Other information Public transit access KJ10 KLCC LRT station Website www .petronastwintowers .com .my References [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
The Petronas Towers ( Malay : Menara Berkembar Petronas ), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers , are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, standing at 451.9 metres (1,483 feet). From 1996 to 2004, they were the tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the Taipei 101 building. The Petronas Towers remain the world's tallest twin skyscrapers , surpassing the original World Trade Center towers in New York City, and were the tallest buildings in Malaysia until 2021, when they were surpassed by Merdeka 118 . The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with the nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower and Merdeka 118 , and are visible in many places across the city.
History and architecture
[ edit ]The Petronas Towers' structural system is a tube in tube design , invented by Bangladeshi-American architect Fazlur Rahman Khan . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Applying a tube-structure for extreme tall buildings is a common phenomenon. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic art , a reflection of Malaysia's Muslim religion. [ 11 ] Another Islamic influence on the design is that the cross section of the towers is based on a Rub el Hizb , albeit with circular sectors added to meet office space requirements. [ 12 ] The circular sectors are similar to the bottom part of the Qutb Minar .
Development of the Petronas Towers Tower 1 level 43 floor plan from a Rub el Hizb symbol. [ 13 ] The cross section of the Petronas Towers is based on a Rub el Hizb , albeit with circular sectors similar to the bottom part of the Qutb Minar . The Petronas Towers at night, 2008The towers were designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli . A distinctive postmodern style was chosen to create a 21st-century icon for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Planning on the Petronas Towers started on 1 January 1992 and included rigorous tests and simulations of wind and structural loads on the design. Seven years of construction followed at the former site of the original Selangor Turf Club , beginning on 1 March 1993 with excavation, which involved moving 500 truckloads of earth every night to dig down 30 metres (98 ft) below the surface. The construction of the superstructure commenced on 1 April 1994. Interiors with furniture were completed on 1 January 1996, the spires of Tower 1 and Tower 2 were completed on 1 March 1996, 3 years after its construction was started, and the first batch of Petronas personnel moved into the building on 1 January 1997. The building was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia , Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad , on 31 August 1999. [ 14 ] The twin towers were built on the site of Kuala Lumpur's race track. It was the tallest structure in Malaysia at the time of its completion. [ 15 ] Test boreholes found that the original construction site effectively sat on the edge of a cliff. One half of the site was decayed limestone while the other half was soft rock. The entire site was moved 61 metres (200 ft) to allow the buildings to sit entirely on the soft rock. [ 16 ] Because of the depth of the bedrock , the buildings were built on the world's deepest foundations. [ 17 ] 104 concrete piles, ranging from 60 to 114 metres (197 to 374 ft) deep, were bored into the ground. The concrete raft foundation, comprising 13,200 cubic metres (470,000 cu ft) of concrete was continuously poured through a period of 54 hours for each tower. The raft is 4.6 metres (15 ft) thick, weighs 32,500 tonnes (35,800 tons) and held the world record for the largest concrete pour until 2007. [ 16 ] The foundations were completed within 12 months by Bachy Soletanche and required massive amounts of concrete. [ 18 ]
As a result of the Malaysian government specifying that the buildings be completed in six years, two construction consortia were hired to meet the deadline, one for each tower. Tower 1, the west tower (left in the top-right photograph) was built by a Japanese consortium led by the Hazama Corporation ( JA Jones Construction Co. , MMC Engineering Services Sdn Bhd, Ho Hup Construction Co. Bhd and Mitsubishi Corp ) while Tower 2, the east tower (right in the top-right photograph) was built by a South Korean consortium led by the Samsung C&T Corporation (Kukdong Engineering & Construction and Syarikat Jasatera Sdn Bhd).
Early into construction a batch of concrete failed a routine strength test causing construction to come to a complete halt. All the completed floors were tested but it was found that only one had used a bad batch and it was demolished. As a result of the concrete failure, each new batch was tested before being poured. The halt in construction had cost US$700,000 per day and led to three separate concrete plants being set up on the site to ensure that if one produced a bad batch, the other two could continue to supply concrete. The sky bridge contract was completed by Kukdong Engineering & Construction. Tower 2 (Samsung C&T) became the first to reach the world's tallest building at the time.
Due to the huge cost of importing steel, the towers were constructed on a cheaper radical design of super high-strength reinforced concrete. [ 19 ] High-strength concrete is a material familiar to Asian contractors and twice as effective as steel in sway reduction; however, it makes the building twice as heavy on its foundation as a comparable steel building. Supported by 23-by-23 metre concrete cores [ 20 ] and an outer ring of widely spaced super columns, the towers use a sophisticated structural system that accommodates its slender profile and provides 560,000 square metres of column-free office space. [ 21 ] Below the twin towers is Suria KLCC , a shopping mall, and Petronas Philharmonic Hall , the home of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra .
Notable events
[ edit ] On 15 April 1999, Felix Baumgartner set the world record for BASE jumping (since broken) by jumping off a window cleaning crane on the Petronas Towers. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Thousands of people were evacuated on 12 September 2001 after a bomb threat the day after the September 11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Bomb disposal squads found no explosives in the towers, but they nevertheless evacuated the premises. Workers and shoppers were allowed to return three hours later, around noon. No one was hurt during the evacuation. [ 24 ] On the evening of 4 November 2005, a fire broke out in the cinema complex of the Suria KLCC shopping centre below the Petronas Towers, triggering panic among patrons. There were no reports of injuries. The buildings were largely empty, except the shopping mall, Suria KLCC, because of the late hour; the only people involved were moviegoers and some diners in restaurants. [ 25 ] On the morning of 1 September 2009, French urban climber Alain "Spiderman" Robert , using only his bare hands and feet and with no safety devices, scaled to the top of Tower Two in just under 2 hours after two previous efforts had ended in arrest. [ 26 ] In his first attempt on 20 March 1997, police arrested him at the 60th floor, 28 floors away from the "summit". His second attempt, on 20 March 2007, exactly 10 years later, was also stopped on the same floor, though on the other tower. [ 27 ]Anchor tenants
[ edit ]Tower One is fully occupied by Petronas and a number of its subsidiaries and associate companies, while the office spaces in Tower Two are mostly available for lease to other companies. [ 28 ] A number of companies have offices in Tower Two, including SapuraOMV Upstream (Sarawak) Inc., Huawei Technologies , AVEVA , Al Jazeera English , Carigali Hess, Bloomberg , Boeing , IBM , Khazanah Nasional Berhad , McKinsey & Co , WIPRO Limited , TCS , HCLTech , Krawler, Microsoft , The Agency (a modelling company) and Reuters .
Floor distribution
[ edit ] Levels Tower 1 Tower 2 88 Mechanical 87 86 Lounge 2 Observatory Deck 85 Boardroom Multimedia Conference Room 84M3 Mechanical 84M2 84M1 84 83 Lounge 1 Giftshop 82 Office Zone 5 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 Office Zone 4 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 Office Zone 3 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 Sky Bridge connected to Tower 2, Sky Lobby Sky Bridge connected to Tower 1, Sky Lobby, Malaysian Petroleum Club 41 40 Conference Centre, Executive Dining Room 39 Mechanical 38 37 Conference Centre 36 Office Zone 2 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 Office Zone 1 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 Mechanical 6 5 Petrosains Discovery Centre Petrosains Discovery Centre 4 3 Surau Al-Muhsinin Petronas Art Gallery 2 Petronas Philharmonic Hall 1 Entrance Lobby Ground Level Concourse Mezzanine Mechanical, Loading Dock Concourse Level Observatory Deck Entrance, Gift Shop, Petronas Cards Centre, Mesra Shoppe, Twin Towers Fitness Centre P1 Carpark, Mechanical P2 P3 P4 P5(the given chart is the floor arrangement according to the level arrangement.)
Features
[ edit ]Suria KLCC
[ edit ] Main article: Suria KLCCSuria KLCC is a 140,000 m 2 (1,500,000 sq ft) upscale retail center at the foot of the Petronas Towers. It features mostly foreign luxury goods and high-street labels. Its attractions include an art gallery, an underwater aquarium and also a Science center. Boasting approximately 300 stores, Suria KLCC is touted as one of the largest shopping malls in Malaysia. [ 29 ] The Petronas Philharmonic Hall , also built at the base of the towers, is frequently associated with Suria KLCC's floorspace. During holidays or celebration days, Suria KLCC is the top spot to see the decorations especially at the main entrances and also in Centre Court. It also promotes the uniqueness and beauty of Malaysia's cultural diversity towards the visitors.
Inside View of Suria KLCC Shopping Centre Inside the Suria KLCC Entrance of Suria KLCC Kampung House decoration at Suria KLCC's centre court for Hari Raya Deepavali decoration at Suria KLCC's centre court Christmas decoration at Suria KLCC's centre court Chinese New Year decoration at Suria KLCC's centre court The Tallest Giant "Ketupat" Decoration for Raya at Suria KLCC Suria KLCC's entrance with a giant Christmas treeKLCC Park
[ edit ] Main article: KLCC Park KLCC ParkSpanning 17 acres (6.9 ha) below the building is the KLCC Park with jogging and walking paths, a fountain with incorporated light show, wading pools, and a children's playground.
Skybridge
[ edit ]The towers feature a double decker skybridge connecting the two towers on the 41st and 42nd floors, holding the record for the highest 2-story bridge in the world. [ 30 ] The skybridge also functions as a crucial design feature facilitating movement between the two towers during high winds. [ 31 ] The bridge is 170 m (558 ft) above the ground and 58.4 m (192 ft) long, weighing 750 tons. [ 32 ] The same floor is also known as the podium, since visitors going to higher levels have to change elevators here. Dynamic analyses were performed and iterated to support the final design by studying the structural behavior of the twin towers to time-varying loads such as earthquakes and wind. [ 33 ] [ failed verification ] The skybridge is open to all visitors, but tickets are limited to about 1,000 people per day, with around half available to be purchased online, and the other half obtained on a first-come, first-served basis. Petronas began selling tickets in 2010, eliminating free visits. Visitors can choose to opt for package one which is just a visit to the skybridge or go for package two to go to the skybridge and all the way to level 86. [ 34 ] Visitors are only allowed on the 41st floor as the 42nd floor can only be used by the tenants of the building. [ 35 ]
The skybridge also acts as a safety device, so that in the event of a fire or other emergency in one tower, tenants can evacuate by crossing the skybridge to the other tower. [ 36 ] The total evacuation triggered by a bomb hoax on 12 September 2001 (the day after the September 11 attacks destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City) showed that the bridge would not be useful if both towers need to be emptied simultaneously, as the capacity of the staircases was insufficient for such an event. [ 37 ] Plans thus call for the lifts to be used if both towers need to be evacuated, and a successful drill following the revised plan was conducted in 2005.
There is a two hinged arch that supports the skybridge with arch legs, each 51 metres (167 ft) long, that are bolted to level 29 of each of the towers. [ 38 ] After being constructed on the ground, the skybridge was lifted into place on the towers over a period of three days [ 39 ] in July 1995. [ 38 ] Residing on the 41st and 42nd floors, the skybridge connects a conference room, an executive dining room and a prayer room. [ 39 ]
A skybridge connects the two towers An inside view of the skybridge View to the northwest from the Petronas Towers skybridge, including the shadow of Tower 1 and the skybridge, and the Public Bank Berhad buildingLift system
[ edit ]The main bank of lifts is located in the centre of each tower. All main lifts are double-decker with the lower deck of the lift taking passengers to even-numbered floors and upper deck to odd-numbered floors. To reach an odd-numbered floor from ground level, passengers must take an escalator to the upper deck of the lift. [ 40 ]
There are 29 double-deck passenger elevators, but there are different sets that service certain floors of the towers, specifically two sets of six of these double-deck passenger elevators to floors 1–23 and 1–37 respectively. Another set of 5 passenger lifts transport passengers to the 41st and 42nd floors where they can switch lifts to reach the upper zones of the buildings, each double-deck passenger lift with the capacity of 52 passengers or, 26 passengers per deck. There are also 6 heavy-duty elevators for utility.
The lift system information of the Petronas Towers
PL7A-PL7C (Tower 1) & PL8A-PL8C (Tower 2) (Parking & Podium Passenger Lift): P5-P1, C, G, 1, 2, 2M, 3–5 (PL7A & PL8A non-stop at level 2M) SL6 (Tower 1) & SL7 (Tower 2) (Parking & Podium Service Lift): P5-P1, 1, 2, 2M, 3–5 (SL7 non-stop at level 2M) PL14 (Tower 1) & PL15 (Tower 2) (Concert Passenger Lift): G, 2, 2M, 3, 4 A1-A6 (Tower 1) & A7-A12 (Tower 2) (Bank A Passenger Lift): G/1, 8–23 B1-B6 (Tower 1) & B7-B12 (Tower 2) (Bank B Passenger Lift): G/1, 23–37 CF1-CF2 (Tower 1) & CF3-CF4 (Tower 2) (Conference Shuttle Lift): 36, 37, 40–43 C1-C6 (Tower 1) & C7-C12 (Tower 2) (Bank C Passenger Lift): 41/42, 44–61 D1-D3 (Tower 1) & D4-D6 (Tower 2) (Bank D Passenger Lift): 41/42, 61, 69–83 E1-E3 (Tower 1) & E4-E6 (Tower 2) (Bank E Passenger Lift): 41/42, 61–73 TE1-TE2 (Tower 1) & TE3-TE4 (Tower 2) (Upper Level Passenger Lift): 83, 85, 86 SH1-SH5 (Tower 1) & SH6-SH10 (Tower 2) (Shuttle Lift): G/1, 41/42 S1-S2 (Tower 1) & S4-S5 (Tower 2) (Service Lift): P1, C, G, 2–6, 8–38, 40–84 S3 (Tower 1) & S6 (Tower 2) (Lower Level Service Lift): P1, C, G, 2–6, 8–37 F1-F2 (Tower 1) & F3-F4 (Tower 2) (Fireman Service Lift): P1, C, CM, G, 1–6, 8–38, 40–84, 84M1, 84M2, 85, 86 (F1 & F3 non-stop at Level 1)Service building
[ edit ]The service building is to the east of the Petronas Towers and contains the chiller plant system and the cooling towers to keep the Petronas Towers at a comfortable temperature.
Ticketing system
[ edit ]In order to visit the Petronas Towers, visitors must first purchase tickets.
In popular culture
[ edit ] The towers are prominently featured and mentioned by name in the 1999 film Entrapment , with numerous scenes filmed at the towers, with the climax set on the skybridge. CGI was used to add slums to the bottom of the towers. [ 41 ] The towers appear in the first episode of the US TV series 24 . Several scenes of the Bollywood film Don: The Chase Begins Again were also filmed in the Petronas Towers and its skybridge. In Part 1 of the Phineas and Ferb episode "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer!", the towers are visible during the musical number "Summer All Over the World". Eidos Interactive has twice used the towers for inspiration in their video games. In the 2002 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin , the Malaysia-based levels Basement Killing , The Graveyard Shift , and The Jacuzzi Job all take place in the Petronas Towers. [ 42 ] In 2010's Just Cause 2 , the fictional Panau Falls Casino is based on the Petronas Towers. A 2002 episode of the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures titled "When Pigs Fly" (Season 3, Episode 6), features the towers. A 2002 episode of The Amazing Race 3 ("Why Did You Have to Take Your Pants Off?!") featured the Petronas Towers as part of a task in which the competing team had to have their photograph taken in front of the towers. [ 43 ] The towers were seen again 21 seasons later on an episode of The Amazing Race 24 ("Smarter, Not Harder"). [ 44 ] The towers made an appearance in the animated series Totally Spies! in an episode titled "Man or Machine". The opening of the 2010 film Fair Game had scenes with the twin towers along with the skyline of Kuala Lumpur. [ 45 ] A number of scenes for the 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese action film Viral Factor included shots of the twin towers. [ 46 ] In the 2016 film Independence Day: Resurgence , the towers are dropped onto the London Tower Bridge by aliens, with a character commenting: "They like to get the landmarks". [ 47 ] In the 2009 History Channel original program Life After People , the towers make an appearance in the episode titled "Bound and Buried", and it is stated that the towers would survive approximately 500 years without human maintenance, eventually collapsing from the weathering and erosion of Malaysia's tropical climate. The towers are seen on the cover of the 2005 album Controversy Loves Company by American pop punk band The Audition . The towers make an appearance in episode 46 of anime Jujutsu Kaisen as a means of shelter for Mei Mei and Ui Ui after escaping an offscreen battle with Kenjaku. The towers make an appearance in the 2020 film Bloodshot ; Rising Spirit Technologies (RST) is stationed in Kuala Lumpur.Gallery
[ edit ] The Petronas Towers with their surroundings in December 2019 Night view of the Petronas Towers and the surrounding KLCC business district At night from twenty-ninth floor of the Traders Hotel Looking up from the base at night with a Malaysian flag banner Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at sunset Night image of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, taken from behind View of Tower 2 from the ground One of the Petronas Towers' spires Inside view of Festival Time at Petronas Twin Towers The Petronas Towers from their bases Detailed view from one of the towers The Petronas Towers illuminated at night, with clouds briefly surrounding the towers Inside the Petronas Tower 2's observation deck at level 86 The Petronas Towers shown in July 2024 The Petronas Towers illuminated with the colours of the Malaysian flag in Independence day Portrait of Petronas Twin Towers skyline and palm tree shadows KLCC Park near the Petronas Twin TowersSee also
[ edit ] Malaysia portal Architecture portal Petronas Tower 3 The Exchange 106 List of skyscrapers List of tallest buildings and structures in the world List of tallest buildings in Kuala Lumpur List of tallest buildings in Malaysia List of tallest freestanding structures in the world List of tallest twin buildings and structures Menara Telekom Merdeka 118 Skyscraper Index Vanity heightReferences
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[ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petronas Towers . Petronas Twin Towers at Wikipedia's sister projects Definitions from Wiktionary Media from Commons News from Wikinews Quotations from Wikiquote Texts from Wikisource Textbooks from Wikibooks Resources from Wikiversity Petronas Towers official website Petronas Tower 1 on CTBUH Skyscraper Center Petronas Tower 2 on CTBUH Skyscraper Center Petronas Towers at Structurae Introduction and Overview of the Petronas Towers Geographic data related to Petronas Towers at OpenStreetMap Records Preceded by Willis Tower World's tallest building architectural element452.0 m (1,482.9 ft)
1998–2003 Succeeded by Taipei 101 Preceded by World Trade Center World's tallest twin towers
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March 11, 1996–present Succeeded by Incumbent v t e Skyscrapers in Malaysia Completed Kuala Lumpur AmBank Tower Berjaya Times Square Citibank Tower Dato' Onn Tower Dayabumi Complex DBKL Tower Vista Tower Exchange Square Faber Towers Four Seasons Place KL Great Eastern Tower Ilham Tower KH Tower (Promet Tower) Kuala Lumpur Tower MAS Building Maxis Tower Maybank Tower Multi Purpose Tower Merdeka 118 Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Permata Sapura Tower Petronas Towers Petronas Tower 3 Standard Chartered Tower St. Regis Hotel & Residences KL Star Residences Tabung Haji Tower Telekom Tower The FACE Platinum Suites The FACE Victory Suites The Exchange 106 The Sentral Residences The Troika The Vogue Suites One UOA Bangsar Tower UOB Tower 2 Vista Tower Vortex Tower W Hotel & Tropicana The Residence Wisma Goldhill Selangor 9 Bukit Utama MBPJ Tower Mesiniaga Tower Plaza Perangsang Tropicana Avenue Penang 8 Gurney Arte S Ascott Gurney Penang BHL Tower Boustead Tower City Residence EPF Tower Gurney Paragon JKP Tower Komtar Mansion One Marriott Residences Penang MBf Tower Millennium Tower Muze @ PICC MWE Plaza Setia V Sunshine Tower SUNTECH Tower The Cove The Maritime Johor Johor Bahru City Square Landmark Tower Muar Trade Centre MSC Cyberport Tower The Astaka Pahang Kuantan 188 Kedah Alor Setar Tower Maha Tower Sabah 1Borneo Hypermall Bay 21 Jesselton Residences Jesselton Twin Towers Petronas Office Tower Plaza Shell Sabah State Administrative Centre Tun Mustapha Tower Sarawak Wisma Bapa Malaysia Wisma Sanyan Under construction Aeropod Coronation Square IBN Bukit Bintang Jesselton Quay Merdeka 118 Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront Kota Kinabalu Convention City One Jesselton Waterfront Oxley Tower PacifiCity Tanjung Aru Eco Development Construction suspended 1Sulaman Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Towers Plaza Rakyat Proposed Bandar Malaysia Iconic Tower Bandar Malaysia Landmark Tower BBCC Signature Tower KL PWTC Tower Naza Signature Tower Tower M Tradewinds Square Demolished Jaya Supermarket Pekeliling Flats Suleiman Courts Tun Razak Tower v t e MSC Malaysia Headquarters Cyberjaya Area coverage Klang Valley Landmarks Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur Tower Kuala Lumpur Sentral Technology Park Malaysia Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport SUNTECH Tower i-City Infrastructures Express Rail Link Maju Expressway (MEX) KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway Total Airport Management Systems Applications e-Government MyKad Companies Asia Media Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd Astro MYTV Broadcasting Institutions Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) v t e Supertall skyscrapers (300 m/984 ft and taller) Completed Africa Egypt Iconic Tower Americas Chile Gran Torre Santiago Mexico Torres Obispado United States 1 Manhattan West 111 West 57th Street 3 World Trade Center 30 Hudson Yards 35 Hudson Yards 432 Park Avenue 50 Hudson Yards 53W53 875 North Michigan Avenue Aon Center Bank of America Plaza Bank of America Tower Central Park Tower Chrysler Building Comcast Technology Center Empire State Building Franklin Center JPMorgan Chase Tower One57 One Vanderbilt One World Trade Center Salesforce Tower St. Regis Chicago The Brooklyn Tower The New York Times Building The Spiral Trump International Hotel and Tower Two Prudential Plaza U.S. Bank Tower Wells Fargo Plaza Willis Tower Wilshire Grand Center World Trade Center (1973–2001) † Asia China Baoneng Center Changsha A9 Financial District Changsha IFS Tower T1 China Resources Headquarters China World Trade Center Tower III China Zun Chongqing IFS T1 Chongqing World Financial Center CITIC Plaza Citymark Centre Dalian International Trade Center Diwang International Fortune Center Dongguan International Trade Center 1 East Pacific Center Eton Place Dalian Fortune Center Gate to the East Greenland Hangzhou Center Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower B Greenland Puli Center Guangxi China Resources Tower Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre Guangzhou International Finance Center Guiyang International Financial Center Tower 1 Hanking Center Heartland 66 Office Tower Hengqin International Finance Center Hon Kwok City Center Huachuang International Plaza Huaguoyuan Tower 1 Huaguoyuan Tower 2 Huijin Center Guangzhou Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza Jin Mao Tower Jin Wan Plaza 9 Jinan Center Financial City KK100 Leatop Plaza Logan Century Center 1 Longxi International Hotel Minsheng Bank Building Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1 One Shenzhen Bay Pearl River Tower Ping An International Finance Centre The Pinnacle Poly Pazhou Riverview Plaza Shanghai Tower Shanghai World Financial Center Shenglong Global Center Shenzhen Center Shenzhen CFC Changfu Centre Shimao Hunan Center Shimao International Plaza Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 Shun Hing Square Spring City 66 Suning Plaza 1, Wuxi Suning Plaza Tower 1, Zhenjiang Suzhou IFS Tianjin CTF Finance Centre Tianjin Modern City Office Tower Tianjin World Financial Center Wanda Plaza Wenzhou World Trade Center White Magnolia Plaza Wuhan Center Wuhan Greenland Center Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping Center Wuxi IFS Wuxi Maoye City – Marriott Hotel Xi'an Glory International Financial Center Xiangjiang Fortune Finance Center Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour Yuexiu Fortune Center Tower 1 Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center Zhuhai Tower Zhujiang New City Tower Zifeng Tower Hong Kong Bank of China Tower Central Plaza International Commerce Centre International Finance Centre Nina Tower The Center Japan Abeno Harukas Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower Kazakhstan Abu Dhabi Plaza Kuwait Al Hamra Tower Arraya Tower Malaysia The Exchange 106 Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur Merdeka 118 Petronas Towers Telekom Tower Philippines Metrobank Center Qatar Aspire Tower Lusail Plaza Towers 3 and 4 Saudi Arabia The Clock Towers Kingdom Centre PIF Tower South Korea Haeundae Doosan We've the Zenith Haeundae LCT The Sharp Lotte World Tower Parc1 Posco Tower-Songdo Taiwan 85 Sky Tower Taipei 101 Thailand Baiyoke Tower II ICONSIAM MahaNakhon Turkey CBRT Tower 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Emirates 23 Marina Address Boulevard Address Downtown ADNOC Headquarters Almas Tower Amna Tower Burj Al Arab Burj Khalifa Cayan Tower DAMAC Residenze Elite Residence Emirates Office Tower Etihad Towers Gevora Hotel HHHR Tower Il Primo Dubai The Index Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel JW Marriott Marquis Dubai The Landmark Marina 101 The Marina Torch Ocean Heights Princess Tower Rose Tower World Trade Center Abu Dhabi Vietnam Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower Landmark 81 Europe Poland Varso Tower Russia City of Capitals Eurasia Federation Tower Lakhta Center Mercury City Tower Neva Towers 2 OKO Tower United Kingdom The Shard Oceania Australia Australia 108 Q1 Tower † No longer standing. Under construction Africa Ethiopia Ethiopian Electric Power Headquarters Côte d'Ivoire Tour F Asia China Chongqing Corporate Avenue 1 Evergrande Center Eye of Spring Trade Center Greenland Group Suzhou Center Haikou Tower Nanjing World Trade Center Tower 1 Ningbo Center North Bund Centre Shandong IFC South Asian Gate Suzhou Zhongnan Center Tianshan Gate of the World Plots 27 and 28 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Xi'an Greenland Center Xiamen International Centre Xiangmi Lake New Financial Center Other Burj Azizi Highwealth Huiguo 90 Jeddah Tower Legacy Tower One Bangkok Taipei Twin Towers Thamrin Nine Torch Tower North America 270 Park Avenue 520 Fifth Avenue Concord Sky SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge The One Waldorf Astoria Miami South America Senna Tower On hold 2 World Trade Center 45 Broad Street Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center Busan Lotte Town Tower Chengdu Greenland Tower Chongqing Tall Tower Dalian Greenland Center Diamond Tower (Jeddah) Dubai Pearl Dubai Towers Doha Forum 66 Gate of Kuwait Goldin Finance 117 Hyundai Global Business Center Lamar Towers Mandarin Oriental Chengdu Marina 106 Namaste Tower Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower One Tower Palais Royale, Mumbai Pentominium Runhua Global Center 1 Ryugyong Hotel Sino-Steel Tower Skycity Square Capital Tower The Stratford Residences Tameer Commercial Tower Tianjin R&F Guangdong Tower Tour Financial Hub Center Tower Infinity VietinBank Business Center Office Tower See also Proposed supertall skyscrapers List of architects of supertall buildings v t e KLCC Vicinity Petronas Towers Petronas Philharmonic Hall Petronas Towers Suria KLCC Surrounding areas Aquaria KLCC Avenue K de KING Boutique Hotel KLCC Petronas Tower 3 ExxonMobil Tower KLCC Park Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Lot D1 Lot K Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur Maxis Tower The Binjai on the Park Traders Hotel KLCC Infrastructures As Syakirin Mosque KLCC District Cooling KLCC LRT station Persiaran KLCC MRT station Authority control databases International VIAF National Germany United States Israel Geographic Structurae Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petronas_Towers&oldid=1281917179 " Categories : 1998 establishments in Malaysia César Pelli buildings Former world s tallest buildings MSC Malaysia Office buildings completed in 1998 Office buildings in Kuala Lumpur Petronas Postmodern architecture in Malaysia Skyscraper office buildings in Kuala Lumpur Tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur Twin towers Buildings and structures in Kuala Lumpur Hidden categories: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas CS1: unfit URL Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata EngvarB from March 2015 Use dmy dates from April 2021 Coordinates on Wikidata Articles containing Malay (macrolanguage)-language text Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata All articles with failed verification Articles with failed verification from August 2023 Commons category link is on Wikidata Pages using Sister project links with default search Template:Succession box: after parameter includes the word incumbent S-aft: after parameter includes the word incumbent Pages using the Kartographer extension This page was last edited on 23 March 2025, at 07:31 (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. , a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Code of Conduct Developers Statistics Cookie statement Mobile view Search Toggle the table of contents Petronas Towers 84 languages Add topic