Top Floor Of Petronas Towers

These twin towers at 1 483 feet 452 meters had a higher architectural height spires not antennas but a lower absolute pinnacle height and a lower top occupied floor than the willis tower in chicago.

Top floor of petronas towers. This topic has generated some controversy since the completion of petronas in 1998 until finally the building taipei 101 has been done with the record high surpassing both towers of kuala lumpur as of chicago. 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. The petronas towers also known as the petronas twin towers malay. In march 1993 construction on the site began with workers digging down 30 meters below the surface and pouring 13 2000 cubic meters of concrete the largest and longest concrete pour in malaysian history into the foundations.

Petronas twin towers was proposed in 1992 the construction commenced two years later in 1994 malaysian government specified the towers need to be completed in 6 years for this reason there were two construction consortium hired to construct the two towers in the same time one for each tower the tower one was built by hazama corporation a japanese. This was achieved half in order to overcome the sears tower in chicago which would retain the record of height to the top floor. Counting buildings as structures with. The skybridge that connects the two towers is the highest two story bridge in the world.

The petronas twin towers were the tallest towers in the world from 1998 until 2004 when taipei 101 in taiwan was built. These towers remain the world s tallest twin towers today. The world s highest twin towers petronas towers and a view of kuala lumpur malaysia from the 86th floor 370m observatory. Menara petronas or menara berkembar petronas are twin skyscrapers in kuala lumpur malaysia according to the council on tall buildings and urban habitat s official definition and ranking they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 when they were surpassed by taipei 101.

Nice view from top floor see 30 098 traveler reviews 24 081 candid photos and great deals for kuala lumpur malaysia at tripadvisor. Amazing view from the skybridge on 41st floor 170 meters above street level and from the observation deck 8. Our visit to the petronas towers.