Malaysian brothers and giants

Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers are located in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Over the past few decades, Kuala Lumpur, greatly stepped forward in its development. This applies to all spheres of life - economic, political, commercial and social. Today the capital of Malaysia is a great fast-paced metropolis. The emblem of the metropolis are two skyscrapers - the Petronas Twin Towers as a symbol of dizzyingly rapid growth and progress of the biggest city in Malaysia. A symbol of Malaysia's capital until recently twin towers were the title of tallest building in the world until this record is not beaten a giant Taipei 101, and then in 2010 in Dubai was officially opened huge towers over 800 meters, and has become a leader among the skyscrapers of the world . Petronas Towers still remain the highest pair of skyscrapers in the world. April 15, 1996 they were officially declared the highest buildings on the planet. Their official opening was held on August 28, 1999. The buildings reach a height of 451.9 meters, and each of them consists of 88 floors. Number of windows exceeds 32000. The towers look really impressive. The highest pair of skyscrapers in the world area of ??all premises of the two buildings is 213,750 square meters. pm, there could be placed 48 football fields. Tower occupies an area of ??40 hectares. The premises are offices, conference rooms, art galleries, many banks are here, shops, business centers, a huge number of entertainment options. There is also a head office management of the local oil company Petronas, which has been the main guarantor of the construction of the twin towers. Investments in construction of these buildings was $ 800 million. Twin Towers at the top of one of the towers is a concert hall with excellent acoustics. In addition to the national oil company project was funded by numerous private investors. In addition, a significant share of the Malaysian Government has invested. The project is owned by Argentine architect Cesar Pelli. Each building is equipped with 29 double-high-speed elevators. The towers are linked "air bridge", which was built between 41 and 42 storeys. Such air support in the form of a bridge was built specifically to provide additional stability to the towers. The twin towers were a film set for a Hollywood movie "The Trap" with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery that made the popular tower in the world. See also other materials about skyscrapers: The Asian skyscrapers, "twins" One of the most popular buildings in the Hollywood films High-altitude "bottle opener" Skyscraper, promoting foreign investment in Hong Kong Silver record the height of buildings in Hong Kong's tallest building architectural asymmetric response "Chamberlain" small town fit inside a skyscraper Despite the strike of builders and the crisis in Dubai has grown supergiant One of the most original Chinese beauties skyscrapers