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Facts
Official Name Petronas Tower 1
Complex Name Petronas Towers
Former / Other Name Tower 1, Petronas Twin Tower Kuala Lumpur City Centre
Type building
Status Completed
Country Malaysia
City Kuala Lumpur
Street Address / Map Jalan Ampang
Building Function office
Structural Material composite
Start of Construction 1992
Completion 1998
Global Ranking #6 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #4 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #1 tallest in Malaysia
City Ranking #1 tallest in Kuala Lumpur
Official Website Petronas Twin Towers
Figures
Height: Architectural 451.9 meter / 1483 feet
Height: Occupied 375.0 meter / 1230 feet
Height: To Tip 451.9 meter / 1483 feet
Floors Above Ground 88
Floors Below Ground 5
# of Elevators 39
Top Elevator Speed 7 m/s
Tower GFA 197,500 m² / 2,125,872 ft²
Companies Involved
Developer KLCC Property Holdings Berhad
Design Architect Cesar Pelli & Associates
Structural Engineers Thornton Tomasetti;
Ranhill Bersekutu
MEP Engineer WSP Flack + Kurtz
Main Contractors MMC Engineering & Construction Co.;
Ho Hup Construction Sdn. Bhd.;
Hazama Corporation;
J.A. Jones Construction Co.;
Mitsubishi Corporation
Other Consultants Otis Elevator Company;
RWDI;
Dow Corning Corporation
Videos
Skyscraper: View from the Outside, on High
A.Robert, CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Role of Peer Review in the Foundation Design
C.N. Baker (AECOM), T.A. Kiefer (AECOM), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Tall Buildings: Sustainable Design Opportunities
A.Tamboli (Thornton Tomasetti), L.Joseph, U.Vadnere, X. Xu (Thornton Tomasetti), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Technical Papers
Elevators for Fire Service Access and Occupant Egress
R. Bukowski (Rolf Jensen & Associates), CTBUH Journal
Tall Buildings: Sustainable Design Opportunities
A. Tamboli (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), L. Joseph (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), CTBUH Dubai Congress
The Role of Peer Review in the Foundation Design
C. N. Baker (STS Consultants), T. A. Kiefer (STS Consultants), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Review of Evacuation Procedures for Petronas Twin Towers
A. Ariff (KLCC Projeks Bhd.), CIB / CTBUH Kuala Lumpur Conference
Life Safety System Design for the Petronas Twin Towers
J. Ng (Cesar Pelli & Associates), CIB / CTBUH Kuala Lumpur Conference

Other CTBUH Links
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Poster, 2011

News Articles
LEGOLAND Malaysia Opens
CTBUH Global News, 2012-09
AD Classics: Petronas Towers / Cesar Pelli
ArchDaily, 2011-01
Why Does Alain Robert Climb the World's Tallest Buildings?
The Independent, 2009-09