Petronas Towers

Two twin buildings of Petronas, those are an oil company owned by Malaysia and multinational company and association firm of Malaysia is two twin buildings of skyscraper which is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This part is the part of a big construction which is signed by the sharp increase of country economy in 1990; those buildings build in north part of high-tech business zone, in Malaysia. This Petronas towers are built by cement columns which is supported by steel covered by stainless steel and glass with design based on geometric patterns that come from traditional Islamic architecture. The towers designed by Argentina-American architect whose named is Cesar Pelli, is included one of the highest building in the world which height reaches 452 m (1,483 ft). The building of 88 floors is connected at 41-th and 42-th floors by a fly over bridge, and every tower is limited by tower peak of height 22 ft (74 m). At the lower level, the petronas towers also have a concert hall which is the place for musical concert and business reference library of Malaysia. The building of this tower is finished in 1997 which are higher than Sear Chicago tower as the record holder of the highest building before. But in 2003, Petronas towers are beaten of their height by Taipei 101 tower.

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