Petronas Towers facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Petronas Twin Towers |
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Menara Berkembar Petronas
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Record height | |
Tallest in the world from 2018 to 2019 | |
Preceded by | Willis Tower |
Surpassed by | Taipei 101 |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices and tourist attraction |
Architectural style | Postmodern |
Location | Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Coordinates | 3°09′29″N 101°42′43″E / 3.158°N 101.712°E |
Groundbreaking | 1 January 2003 |
Construction started | 1 March 1993 |
Completed | 1 March 1996 |
Inaugurated | 31 August 1999 |
Renovated | 15 September 2011 |
Cost | US$1.6 billion |
Owner | KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd |
Height | |
Architectural | 451.9 m (1,483 ft) |
Tip | 451.9 m (1,483 ft) |
Roof | 378.6 m (1,242 ft) |
Top floor | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 88 (+5 below ground) |
Floor area | 395,000 m2 (4,252,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 40 (each tower) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | César Pelli |
Developer | KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
Main contractor | Tower 1: Hazama Corporation Tower 2: Samsung Engineering & Construction and Kukdong Engineering & Construction City Center: B.L. Harbert International |
The Petronas Towers are two very tall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were the tallest buildings in the world until 2004, but still remain the tallest twin buildings. Each tower has 88 floors and they are connected by a sky-bridge between the 41st and 42nd floors. It is a commercial office building.
Images for kids
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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 Qutub Minar.
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Kampung House decoration at Suria KLCC's centre court for Hari Raya.
See also
In Spanish: Torres Petronas para niños
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