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Facts
Official Name Petronas Tower 2
Complex Name Petronas Towers
Former / Other Name Tower 2, 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
Height: Observatory 370.0 meter / 1214 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 Samsung Engineering and Construction;
Syarikat Jasatera Sdn. Bhd.;
Kukdong Engineering & Construction
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
The Role of Peer Review in the Foundation Design
C. N. Baker (STS Consultants), T. A. Kiefer (STS Consultants), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Tall Buildings: Sustainable Design Opportunities
A. Tamboli (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), L. Joseph (Thornton-Tomasetti Group), 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
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