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Petronas Twin Towers, are among the tallest buildings in the world

 Petronas Twin Towers, two skyscraper office buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which are among the tallest buildings in the world. 




 The layout of both towers is identical: an eight-lobed circular structure with 88 storeys and a pyramid-shaped top surmounted by a slender steel spire. Both rise to a height of 1,483 feet (451.9 metres), 242 feet (73.6 metres) of which is for the pinnacle and spire. Each building is supported by 16 large columns, which, like the rest of the frame, are made of high-strength, steel-reinforced concrete rather than structural steel; the exterior cladding is stainless steel and glass.  
A two-storey sky bridge connects the two towers between the 41st and 42nd floors. In 1996, after the spires were attached to the buildings (and thus each tower had reached its full height), the Petronas Twin Towers were declared the tallest buildings in the world, eclipsing the previous record holder, the 110-storey Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago. 
The roof of the Sears Tower was more than 200 feet (60 metres) taller than that of the Twin Towers, but the tops of the towers were considered an integral part of the overall architectural structure (see Researcher's Note: Heights of Buildings). The Twin Towers, in turn, lost their prominent status in 2003 after a spire was added to the Taipei 101 (Taipei Financial Centre) building in Taipei, Taiwan, and that building reached a height of 1,667 feet (508 metres).


Other Places to visit :

Petronas Twin Towers | Penang Hill | Sky Bridge | Cameron Highlands | Mount Kinabalu | Redang Island | Taman Negara | Batu Caves | Gunung Mulu National Park | Kelabit Highlands | Chinatown | Jonkers’s Night Market | Melaka City | Eagle Square | Tujuh Waterfall | Nyonga Heritage Museum | Melaka Sultanate Palace | ASEAN Cultural Park | Dalam Taman | St. Paul’s Church | Aquaria KLCC | Langkawai Wildlife Park | Pulau Payar Marine Park

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