Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur City Centre
The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas) are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)'s official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but they remain the tallest twin buildings in the world.[2] The buildings are the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower. The towers were designed by Argentine American architect César Pelli. They chose a distinctive postmodern style to create a 21st-century icon for Kuala Lumpur. 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, beginning on 1 March 1993 with the excavation, which involved moving 500 truckloads of earth every night to dig down 30 metres (98 ft) below the surface
Size: 2592px × 3887px
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Photo credit: © Alireza Teimoury / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: american, ampang, architect, argentine, berkembar, jalan, kuala, lumpur, malaysia, menara, pelli, petronas, skyscrapers, towers, twin, ésar
