Malaysian Achievement: The Petronas Twin Towers

Tadaaa~ This is what I'm talking about  

So for those of you who are still ignorant about this landmark of Malaysia. It was our ex-PM, Tun Dr. Mahathir's idea to build it, as to promote Malaysia to the top of the world. Honestly, I respect this idea, as some people out there don't even know the existence of Malaysia!  

The Petronas Twin tower, consists of 88 levels on both tower, and the sky bridge that connects the 2 towers are located at level 41 & 42. However, visitors are allowed to access the bridge at 41st level because 42nd level is occupied by tenants 

The comparison of height~

Here are a few additional fun facts about Petronas Twin Towers:

1. This is the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101 (however, this is still the tallest twin building in the world!)
2. It was designed by Argentine architect César Pelli.
3. The total construction cost of Petronas Twin Towers was $1,600,000,000.
4. The construction begin on 1 March 1993, and opened publicly on 1 August 1999.
5. A number of companies have offices in Tower Two, including Huawei Technologies, AVEVA, Al Jazeera English, Carigali Hess, Bloomberg, Boeing, IBM, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, McKinsey & Co, TCS, HCL Technologies, Krawler, Microsoft, The Agency (a modeling company) and Reuters.

There you have it people. I'd say, this is a fine achievement for our country, and I am proud of it(although I haven't visited it much). Oh, and here's a video about this fine achievement. 

Source:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers
• http://blog.malaysiajao.com/2013/02/fun-facts-about-petronas-towers.html
• http://tallest-buildings.findthedata.org/q/43/840/How-much-did-Petronas-Twin-Towers-cost-to-build
• http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/my/Web-Page/Places/City-Excitement/Petronas-Twin-Towers-Kuala-Lumpur
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jloanrToIsI