General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
|---|---|
| Architectural style: |
Modern Islamic |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 3° 9' 29" N 101° 42' 43" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| highest occupied floor | 375 m | |
| height | 452 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 88 |
Quantities
| concrete volume | 160 000 m³ |
Materials
| building structure |
high-strength reinforced concrete
|
|---|
Participants
Owner
Architecture
- Adamson Associates Architects
- Cesar Pelli & Associates, Inc.
- RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
-
Cesar Pelli & Associates, Inc.
- César Pelli (architect)
Wind tunnel testing
Structural engineering
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
Formwork
Lifting
Building services engineering
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
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(1997): Design of the world's tallest buildings - Petronas Twin Towers at Kuala Lumpur City Centre. In: The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, v. 6, n. 4 ( 1997), pp. 245-262.
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1794(199712)6:4<245::AID-TAL103>3.0.CO;2-T
- (1998): The Encyclopedia of Malaysia (5): Architecture. Archipelago Press, Singapore (Singapore), pp. 128-129.
- (2011): Fußwegbrücken und Radwegbrücken. Beispielsammlung. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-02937-4, pp. 142.
- (2001): Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons. 50 bâtiments et ouvrages d'art dans le monde. Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 256.
- (1999): Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur. In: VSL News, v. 10, n. 1 ( 1999), pp. 13.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000053 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
05/12/2017
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