Petronas Tower

Petronas Tower

The Petronas Towers are two of the tallest buildings in the world. The Petronas Towers are located in Kuala Lumpur (KL) and is 452 meters tall. Find more pictures, news, and information about the Petronas Towers here.

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Petronas Twin Towers in KLCC, Kuala Lumpur

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Petronas Twin Towers or KLCC building is the proud of Malaysia and it’s among the highest building in the world. This building is strategically located in KLCC. KLCC stands for Kuala Lumpur City Centre which is the right acronyms for it. Some people may get confused about another building in KLCC called Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre [...] Read Full Story

Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Petronas Twin Towers photos

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      The Petronas Twin Towers inKula Lampur,Malaysia are twin towers and were the world's tallest buildings before being surpassed by Taipei 101. However, the towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world. They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by theUS-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1969 (three additional height categories were introduced as the tower neared completion in 1996). Here are some interesting facts about the Petronas Towers: - combined the towers have 1,000,000m2 of floor ... Read Full Story

'Spiderman' fined for scaling Petronas Towers

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French climber Alain Robert, known as "Spiderman" for his death-defying antics, was fined by a Malaysian court on Wednesday for scaling the nation's tallest building. Robert scrambled up the 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers with his bare hands in less than two hours on Tuesday, finally reaching its peak after two unsuccessful attempts over the past decade. "Climbing is my passion, climbing is my life," the daredevil said outside court when asked why he had scaled the towers, which were for a time the world's tallest buildings. Robert was held in custody overnight before being brought to court where he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass ... Read Full Story

Don't look down: French 'Spider-Man' scales the 1,482ft Petronas Twin Towers... but then he's led away in handcuffs

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Alain "Spiderman" Robert on the tip of Twin Towers (6 pics)

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French climber Alain "Spiderman" Robert managed to get on the tip of the Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers yesterday. Isn't it amazing? The building has 88 stores and it is 1,482ft tall. As always Alain Robert didn't use any ropes. Read Full Story
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Rank Building Name City Height Height Floor Year
1 Taipei 101 Taipei 509 m 1,671 ft 101 2004
2 Petronas Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 1,483 ft 88 1998
3 Petronas Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 1,483 ft 88 1998
4 Sears Tower Chicago 442 m 1,451 ft 108 1974
5 Jin Mao Tower Shanghai 421 m 1,380 ft 88 1999
6 Two International Finance.. Hong Kong 415 m 1,362 ft 88 2003
7 CITIC Plaza Guangzhou 391 m 1,283 ft 80 1997
8 Shun Hing Square Shenzhen 384 m 1,260 ft 69 1996
9 Empire State Building New York City 381 m 1,250 ft 102 1931
10 Central Plaza Hong Kong 374 m 1,227 ft 78 1992
11 Bank of China Tower Hong Kong 367 m 1,205 ft 70 1990
12 Emirates Office Tower Dubai 355 m 1,163 ft 54 2000
13 Tuntex Sky Tower Kaohsiung 348 m 1,140 ft 85 1997
14 Aon Center Chicago 346 m 1,136 ft 83 1973
15 The Center Hong Kong 346 m 1,135 ft 73 1998
16 John Hancock Center Chicago 344 m 1,127 ft 100 1969
17 Rose Tower Dubai 333 m 1,093 ft 72 2007
18 Shimao International Plaz.. Shanghai 333 m 1,093 ft 60 2006
19 Minsheng Bank Building Wuhan 331 m 1,087 ft 68 2007
20 Ryugyong Hotel Pyongyang 330 m 1,083 ft 105 1992
21 Q1 Tower Gold Coast City 323 m 1,058 ft 78 2005
22 Burj Al Arab Dubai 321 m 1,053 ft 60 1999
23 Chrysler Building New York City 319 m 1,046 ft 77 1930
24 Nina Tower I Hong Kong 319 m 1,046 ft 80 2007
25 New York Times Tower New York City 319 m 1,046 ft 52 2007
26 Bank of America Plaza Atlanta 312 m 1,023 ft 55 1992
27 US Bank Tower Los Angeles 310 m 1,018 ft 73 1989
28 Menara Telekom Kuala Lumpur 310 m 1,017 ft 55 2001
29 Jumeirah Emirates Towers .. Dubai 309 m 1,014 ft 56 2000
30 AT&T Corporate Center Chicago 307 m 1,007 ft 60 1989
31 JPMorgan Chase Tower Houston 305 m 1,002 ft 75 1982
32 Baiyoke Tower II Bangkok 304 m 997 ft 85 1997
33 Two Prudential Plaza Chicago 303 m 995 ft 64 1990
34 Wells Fargo Plaza Houston 302 m 992 ft 71 1983
35 Kingdom Centre Riyadh 302 m 992 ft 41 2002
36 Aspire Tower Doha 300 m 984 ft 36 2007
37 First Bank Tower Toronto 298 m 978 ft 72 1976
38 Eureka Tower Melbourne 297 m 975 ft 91 2006
39 Yokohama Landmark Tower Yokohama 296 m 972 ft 70 1993
40 311 South Wacker Chicago 293 m 961 ft 65 1990
41 SEG Plaza Shenzhen 292 m 957 ft 70 2000
42 American International New York City 290 m 952 ft 66 1932
43 Key Tower Cleveland 289 m 947 ft 57 1991
44 Plaza 66 Shanghai 288 m 945 ft 66 2001
45 One Liberty Place Philadelphia 288 m 945 ft 61 1987
46 Columbia Center Seattle 285 m 937 ft 76 1985
47 Millennium Tower Dubai 285 m 935 ft 60 2006
48 Tomorrow Square Shanghai 285 m 934 ft 55 2003
49 Chongqing World Trade Cen.. Chongqing 283 m 929 ft 60 2005
50 Cheung Kong Centre Hong Kong 283 m 928 ft 62 1999
51 The Trump Building New York City 283 m 927 ft 70 1930
52 Bank of America Plaza Dallas 281 m 921 ft 72 1985
53 Republic Plaza Singapore 280 m 919 ft 66 1996
54 OUB Centre Singapore 280 m 919 ft 63 1988
55 UOB Plaza One Singapore 280 m 919 ft 66 1992
56 Citigroup Center New York City 279 m 915 ft 59 1977
57 Hong Kong New World Tower Shanghai 278 m 913 ft 61 2002
58 Diwang International Comm.. Nanning 276 m 906 ft 54 2006
59 Scotia Tower Toronto 275 m 902 ft 68 1988
60 Williams Tower Houston 275 m 901 ft 64 1983
61 Wuhan World Trade Tower Wuhan 273 m 896 ft 58 1998
62 Renaissance Tower Dallas 270 m 886 ft 56 1974
63 The Cullinan North Tower Hong Kong 270 m 886 ft 68 2007
64 China International Cente.. Guangzhou 270 m 884 ft 62 2007
65 Dapeng International Plaz.. Guangzhou 269 m 884 ft 56 2006
66 21st Century Tower Dubai 269 m 883 ft 55 2003
67 Al Faisaliyah Center Riyadh 267 m 876 ft 30 2000
68 900 North Michigan Chicago 265 m 871 ft 66 1989
69 Bank of America Corporate.. Charlotte 265 m 871 ft 60 1992
70 SunTrust Plaza Atlanta 265 m 871 ft 60 1992
71 Bocom Financial Towers Shanghai 265 m 869 ft 52 2002
72 Triumph-Palace Moscow 264 m 866 ft 54 2005
73 120 Collins Street Melbourne 264 m 866 ft 52 1991
74 Tower Palace Three, Tower.. Seoul 264 m 865 ft 73 2004
75 Trump World Tower New York City 262 m 861 ft 72 2001
76 Shenzhen Special Zone Pre.. Shenzhen 262 m 860 ft 48 1998
77 Water Tower Place Chicago 262 m 859 ft 74 1976
78 Grand Gateway Shanghai I Shanghai 262 m 859 ft 52 2005
79 Grand Gateway Shanghai II Shanghai 262 m 859 ft 52 2005
80 Aon Center Los Angeles 262 m 858 ft 62 1973
81 Hotel Panorama Hong Kong 261 m 856 ft 64 2007
82 Canada Trust Tower Toronto 261 m 856 ft 53 1990
83 101 Collins Street Melbourne 260 m 853 ft 50 1991
84 Dual Tower 1 Manama 260 m 853 ft 53 2007
85 Dual Tower 2 Manama 260 m 853 ft 53 2007
86 Post & Telecommunication .. Guangzhou 260 m 853 ft 66 2003
87 Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco 260 m 853 ft 48 1972
88 Chase Tower Chicago 259 m 850 ft 60 1969
89 GE Building New York City 259 m 850 ft 69 1933
90 Commerzbank Tower Frankfurt 259 m 850 ft 56 1997
91 PBCOM Tower Makati 259 m 848 ft 55 2000
92 Two Liberty Place Philadelphia 258 m 848 ft 58 1990
93 Park Tower Chicago 257 m 844 ft 67 2000
94 MesseTurm Frankfurt 257 m 842 ft 55 1990
95 U.S. Steel Tower Pittsburgh 256 m 841 ft 64 1970
96 Sorrento 1 Hong Kong 256 m 841 ft 75 2003
97 Emirates Marina Serviced .. Dubai 256 m 840 ft 59 2007
98 Mok-dong Hyperion I, Towe.. Seoul 256 m 840 ft 69 2003
99 Rinku Gate Tower Building Izumisano 256 m 840 ft 56 1996
100 New Century Plaza Tower A Nanjing 255 m 837 ft 52 2006
101 Langham Place Office Towe.. Hong Kong 255 m 837 ft 59 2004
102 Capital Tower Singapore 253 m 830 ft 52 2000
103 Highcliff Hong Kong 252 m 828 ft 72 2003
104 Bank of Shanghai Headquar.. Shanghai 252 m 827 ft 46 2005
105 Osaka World Trade Center Osaka 252 m 827 ft 55 1995
106 The Harbourside Hong Kong 251 m 824 ft 73 2003
107 Rialto Towers Melbourne 251 m 824 ft 63 1986
108 Jiali Plaza Wuhan 251 m 823 ft 61 1997
109 Chelsea Tower Dubai 250 m 820 ft 49 2005
110 Wisma 46 Jakarta 250 m 820 ft 50 1996
111 One Atlantic Center Atlanta 250 m 820 ft 50 1987
112 Beijing Yintai Centre Tow.. Beijing 250 m 820 ft 63 2007
113 KLI 63 Building Seoul 249 m 817 ft 60 1985
114 Central Park Perth 249 m 817 ft 52 1992
115 CitySpire Center New York City 248 m 814 ft 75 1987
116 Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub Hangzhou 248 m 814 ft 41 2003
117 Mid Town Tower Tokyo 248 m 813 ft 54 2007
118 One Chase Manhattan Plaza New York City 248 m 813 ft 60 1961
119 State Tower Bangkok 247 m 811 ft 68 2001
120 Chase Tower Indianapolis 247 m 811 ft 49 1990
121 Toyota-Mainichi Building Nagoya 247 m 810 ft 40 2006
122 Conde Nast Building New York City 247 m 809 ft 48 1999
123 MetLife Building New York City 246 m 808 ft 60 1963
124 Bloomberg Tower New York City 246 m 806 ft 54 2005
125 One Raffles Quay North To.. Singapore 245 m 804 ft 50 2006
126 Al Fattan Tower Dubai 245 m 804 ft 51 2006
127 JR Central Office Tower Nagoya 245 m 804 ft 51 2000
128 Oasis Beach Tower Dubai 245 m 804 ft 51 2006
129 Shin Kong Life Tower Taipei 245 m 803 ft 51 1993
130 City Gate Ramat Gan Ramat Gan 244 m 801 ft 68 2001
131 Chifley Tower Sydney 244 m 801 ft 50 1992
132 Menara Maybank Kuala Lumpur 244 m 799 ft 50 1988
133 Tokyo City Hall, Tower I Tokyo 243 m 799 ft 48 1991
134 Citigroup Centre Sydney 243 m 797 ft 50 2000
135 The Tower Dubai 243 m 796 ft 54 2002
136 Dalian World Trade Center Dalian 242 m 794 ft 50 2000
137 Mellon Bank Center Philadelphia 241 m 792 ft 54 1990
138 Woolworth Building New York City 241 m 792 ft 57 1913
139 IDS Tower Minneapolis 241 m 792 ft 55 1973
140 Maxdo Centre Shanghai 241 m 792 ft 55 2002
141 Bank of China Mansion Qingdao 241 m 791 ft 54 1999
142 Hancock Place Boston 241 m 790 ft 60 1976
143 Four Seasons Hotel & Towe.. Miami 240 m 789 ft 64 2003
144 Manulife Plaza Hong Kong 240 m 789 ft 52 1998
145 Panglin Plaza Shenzhen 240 m 787 ft 57 1999
146 Bahrain World Trade Centr.. * Manama 240 m 787 ft 50 2008
147 Bahrain World Trade Centr.. * Manama 240 m 787 ft 50 2008
148 Moscow State University Moscow 240 m 787 ft 36 1953
149 NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Buildin.. Tokyo 240 m 787 ft 28 2000
150 Sunshine 60 Building Tokyo 240 m 787 ft 60 1978
151 Deutsche Bank Place Sydney 240 m 787 ft 39 2005
152 Chase Center Dallas 240 m 787 ft 60 1987
153 Mok-dong Hyperion I, Towe.. Seoul 239 m 785 ft 63 2003
154 Beijing TV Centre Beijing 239 m 784 ft 41 2006
155 Commerce Court West Toronto 239 m 784 ft 57 1972
156 Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Tokyo 238 m 781 ft 54 2003
157 30 Hudson Street Jersey City 238 m 781 ft 42 2004
158 Cloud Nine Shanghai 238 m 781 ft 58 2006
159 New World Center Shenzhen 238 m 781 ft 53 2006
160 Empire Tower Kuala Lumpur 238 m 781 ft 62 1994
161 Tianjin Xinda Plaza Tianjin 238 m 781 ft 51 2004
162 Bank of America Center Houston 238 m 780 ft 56 1983
163 555 California Street San Francisco 237 m 779 ft 52 1969
164 One Worldwide Plaza New York City 237 m 778 ft 50 1989
165 225 South Sixth Minneapolis 237 m 776 ft 56 1992
166 Wells Fargo Center Minneapolis 236 m 774 ft 57 1988
167 Sorrento 2 Hong Kong 236 m 773 ft 66 2003
168 Washington Mutual Tower Seattle 235 m 772 ft 55 1988
169 One Canada Square London 235 m 771 ft 50 1991
170 191 Peachtree Tower Atlanta 235 m 770 ft 50 1990
171 Temasek Tower Singapore 235 m 770 ft 52 1986
172 Tokyo Opera City Tower Tokyo 234 m 769 ft 54 1997
173 Park Place Dubai 234 m 768 ft 56 2007
174 Tower Palace One, Tower B Seoul 234 m 767 ft 66 2002
175 Three First National Plaz.. Chicago 234 m 767 ft 57 1981
176 Wachovia Financial Center Miami 233 m 764 ft 55 1984
177 The Harbourfront Landmark Hong Kong 233 m 763 ft 70 2001
178 Shinjuku Park Tower Tokyo 233 m 763 ft 52 1994
179 International Ocean Shipp.. Shanghai 232 m 762 ft 50 2000
180 Heritage Plaza Houston 232 m 762 ft 53 1987
181 Suzhou Xindi Center Suzhou 232 m 761 ft 54 2006
182 Menara KOMTAR Penang Island 232 m 760 ft 65 1985
183 The Arch Hong Kong 231 m 758 ft 65 2005
184 Carnegie Hall Tower New York City 231 m 757 ft 60 1991
185 Palace of Culture and Sci.. Warsaw 231 m 757 ft 43 1955
186 Chicago Title & Trust Bui.. Chicago 230 m 756 ft 50 1992
187 Enterprise Plaza Houston 230 m 756 ft 55 1980
188 Bear Stearns World Headqu.. New York City 230 m 755 ft 47 2001
189 World Tower Sydney 230 m 755 ft 73 2004
190 AXA Center New York City 229 m 752 ft 54 1986
191 1251 Avenue of the Americ.. New York City 229 m 750 ft 54 1971
192 One Penn Plaza New York City 229 m 750 ft 57 1972
193 Two California Plaza Los Angeles 229 m 750 ft 52 1992
194 Prudential Tower Boston 229 m 750 ft 52 1964
195 Time Warner Center North .. New York City 229 m 750 ft 55 2004
196 Time Warner Center South .. New York City 229 m 750 ft 55 2004
197 Gas Company Tower Los Angeles 228 m 749 ft 52 1991
198 Plaza 66 Tower 2 Shanghai 228 m 749 ft 46 2006
199 Golden Business Center Shenzhen 228 m 748 ft 50 2004
200 MLC Centre Sydney 228 m 748 ft 60 1977
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Rossi, Lorenzo Visit The Petronas Towers In Kuala Lumpur
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo made a visit to the world famous Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur today, the tallest twin buildings in the world and home to Fiat Yamaha Team Premium Sponsor Petronas. The riders appeared in front of some 2000 fans at the ...  
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Taipei 101 Becomes World's Tallest Building
On October 17, 2003, a pinnacle placed atop Taiwan's Taipei 101 allowed it to surpass the height of what had once been the tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by 188 ft (57.2 m). Designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes, Taipei 101 houses a massive pendulum suspended from the 92nd floor to counteract swaying. Its elevators set a record in 2004 with top ascending speeds of 37.5 mph (63 km/h...  
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Petronas Oil Company
h have recieved SOFT COPY OF OFFICIAL LETTER OF APPOINTMENT from Petroliam Nasional Berhad Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia CC - Human Resources Departments. TEL: +60169073967 and they want me to sign the contract...  
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Petronas Oil Company - Contract Agreement Letter
i have recieve dan agreement letter from this compony as below: Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Confidential! Please endorse fully, The Official Online questionnaire for Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) *Note:...  
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Petronas Oil Company - Appointment Letter Received Via email
JOB OFFER REF: M-P-C 93/21503 Petroliam Nasional Berhad Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia CC - Human Resources Departments. TEL: +60169073967 03/10/09 NAME: Syed Abdul Rasheed J. SOFT COPY OF OFFICIAL LETTER OF APPOINTMENT We refer...  
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Egyptain comany
Dear Sir I have got below email from your company- Office of the Employment Manager Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS OIL COMPANY) Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +60169073967 Attn: saleh Mohamad saleh, This is an Affirmation that your Experiences...  
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