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Structure-ID: s0000053
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 11/30/04


Petronas Towers

Built: 1992 - 1998
Status: in use
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
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Function / usage:
Office building
Style:
Postmodern

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Cesar Antonio Pelli

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre (Holdings)
Architecture Adamson Associates Architects
  Cesar Pelli & Associates, Inc.
  RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
Wind tunnel testing Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Structural engineering Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn. Bhd.
  Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor Hazama Corporation tower 1
Contractor Solétanche Bachy foundations
Co-contractor Bachy Soletanche Group Limited tower 2
  Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd tower 2
  First Nationwide Engineering Sdn Bhd. tower 2
  Ho Hop tower 1
  J. A. Jones Construction tower 1
  Kuk Dong Engineering & Construction Co Ltd. tower 2
  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. tower 1
  MMC tower 1
  Samsung Engineering & Construction tower 2
  Syarikat Jasatera Sdn Bhd. tower 2
Steel construction Eversendai Engineering tower 2
Formwork PERI GmbH
Lifting VSL International bridge
Building services engineering Flack + Kurtz Inc.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  high-strength reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  highest occupied floor 375 m
  height 452 m
  number of floors (above ground) 88
Quantities used in construction
  concrete volume 160 000 m3

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External LinkAga Khan Award for Architecture 2004: Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia English
External LinkarchINFORM: Petronas Towers English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkArchiWeb: Petronas Twin Towers Czech
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Petronas Towers English
External LinkGreat Structures of the World: Petronas Twin Towers English
External LinkHazama: Petronas Towers Japanese
External LinkKuala Lumpur City Centre English
External LinkPBS: Building Big - Petronas Towers English
External LinkPetronas English
External LinkPetronas: Twin Towers English
External LinkThornton Tomasetti English
External LinkWikipedia: Petronas Towers German
External LinkWikipédia: Petronas Twin Towers French
External LinkWikipedia: Petronas Twin Towers English

Relevant Literature
* The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0714844500, 2005.
* The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0714843121; pp. 98.
* Chen Voon Fee   The Encyclopedia of Malaysia (5): Architecture, Archipelago Press, Singapore , ISBN 9813018437, 1998; pp. 128-129.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 114-115.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 118-119.
* Eugen, Brühwiler   Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .
* Mohamad, H.   The Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1997, n. 3 v. 7 .
* Petroski, Henry   Remaking the World, Alfred A. Kopf, New York (USA) , ISBN 0375400419, 1997; pp. 203-212.
* Reina, Peter   So Long Sears, Hello Kuala Lumpur, in "Engineering News Record", 15 January 1996 .
* Sabbah, Catherine   Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191478, 2001.
* Thornton, Charles H.   Design of the world's tallest buildings - Petronas Twin Towers at Kuala Lumpur City Centre, in "The Structural Design of Tall Buildings", 1997, n. 4 v. 6 .
* Trayner, David   Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, in "VSL News", 1999, n. 1 v. 10 .
* Trayner, David   Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, in "VSL News", 1996, n. 1 v. 7 .

 
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