Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. The height of the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia and something else From Kuala Lumpur Airport to the Petronas Towers

Malaysia has a large state-owned oil and gas company, Petronas. One day the owners started thinking: there is decent profit, but there is no decent office. In the race for the most tall skyscraper in the world, Malaysian oil and gas companies have decided to doubly surpass tallest building at that time - the 442-meter Willis Tower in Chicago, and in 1998 two super-high-rises were built at once - the Petronas Twin Towers ( Petronas Twin Towers). Yes, by the way, they thought about the architecture - for the building plan they took an eight-pointed star (a symbol of Islam as the predominant religion in Malaysia) as a basis, but there was no need to fuss over the name. Petronas Towers is an excellent PR for the company’s name.

We visited the twins twice on the first day of our stay in Kuala Lumpur. In the morning we went to see, then looked at the Petronas Twin Towers in the afternoon, walked around KLCC Park, and when it got dark we returned to see the skyscrapers illuminated in the evening, and also enjoy the fountain show.

Petronas Towers in Malaysia: interesting facts

  • Each tower has 88 floors.
  • The height of Twin Towers is 451.9 m.
  • The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers in the world.
  • Construction costs amounted to about 800 million dollars.
  • The Twin Towers have two-story elevators (one stops only on odd-numbered floors, the other on even-numbered floors)
  • Instead of the usual steel for building skyscrapers, the Petronas towers used special concrete, which had high ductility, while strength was achieved by adding quartz.

I think many people watched the film “The Apocalypse Code,” where Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (or rather her stunt double) parachuted from the Petronas Towers skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur. By the way, during that jump, a power line was accidentally torn down, so the neighboring area was left without electricity. Let's hope that the residents of the “dirty mouth” (that is how the name of the capital of Malaysia is translated) were not particularly offended.

And Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the movie “Trap”, during the robbery of a cool Malaysian bank, did not disdain to ride on a garland, like on vines in the jungle, from one Petronas tower to another.


Octane molecule at a bus stop

There are other skyscrapers nearby in Kuala Lumpur:



There is a great view from the park

Day and night

Climbing the Petronas Twin Towers

Visit observation deck high-rise buildings will cost 80 ringgit (≈920 rubles). They'll tell you a short history about the creation of skyscrapers, will be raised to the 41st floor on the bridge connecting the Petronas Twin Towers, and then to the 86th floor. Visits are open from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 17.00 and are limited in time and number of visitors.

We have not climbed the Petronas Towers and are not planning to, because... There is a TV tower nearby, the 6th tallest in the world. So, I think it will be more interesting to get there, but this is already part of our next trip to Kuala Lumpur :)

Urbana parkKLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre)

KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center) Park is located on the southeast side of the Petronas Twin Towers.

It is based on bodies of water: a pond and a swimming pool.

Against the backdrop of motionless skyscrapers, you get the feeling that you are on the shore mountain lake against the backdrop of rocks. Of course, nature is nature, but still.

And then I was even upset that I was already a big girl and I couldn’t frolic in this pool :) It’s great when such conditions are created for children!

In the evening there is a fountain show. We were around 22.00 and caught this wonderful sight:

Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC Park: how to get to Kuala Lumpur by transport

To orient Petronas Twin Towers on the map of Kuala Lumpur:

The Petronas Twin Towers skyscrapers can be reached by the popular line light rail KL LRT to KLCC station, or KL Monorail to Raja Chulan or Bukit Nanas stations. Both of these means of transportation resemble the subway, except that the monorail floats on reinforced concrete structures above the ground, and the LRT is most often below it. From the large junction station KL Sentral, travel on the LRT will cost 1.8 ringgit (≈21 rub.), on monorail transport - 2 ringgit (≈23 rub.).

At first we tried to go on the monorail, but literally in front of our noses, there were problems on the line, and we went to the LRT, which we then used, because... the station was located near our place of residence not far from ChinaTown (I wrote about this at the end). And once we even walked from here to Petronas.

Tickets for LRT transport in Kuala Lumpur are purchased from special machines at stations. In fact, everything there is very simple and intuitive: you select a station on the map, put in some money, get change and a token. You place the token on the turnstile in front of the entrance, keep it until the end of the trip, and at the turnstile at the exit you drop the token into the cell. This way the electronics will check whether you entered/exited there.

Yes, you can also get there by bus, but you need to check this with your hotel or passers-by.

Staring open-mouthed at the Petronas Twin Towers

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The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur () are perhaps as much a symbol of Malaysia as the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square of Russia. Initially, we planned to devote only a couple of hours to the famous twins, but somehow unnoticed we spent the whole day there. So what were we doing there?!

Firstly, we admired the famous towers. We have written more than once that we like to find the very best, and Petronas is just from this series.

Judge for yourself: height 451.9 meters. The ninth tallest building in Asia, and until 2003 the tallest building in general. Until last year it was 8th, but another Chinese skyscraper has displaced the Petronas. By the way, China has the largest number - 43 buildings with a height of more than 300 meters. Tenth tallest building in the world. The tallest twin towers in the world today. Such an impressive list of “coolness”.

Next to the towers there is a small cozy park with an artificial lake, playgrounds, swimming pools, jogging paths and marked points from which the best views interesting view to Petronas.

The twins in the area of ​​the 41st-42nd floors are connected by a bridge SkyBridge, which, if desired, can be climbed. Admission ticket costs 85 ringgit(approximately 1360 rubles). Opening hours from 9:00 before 21:00 daily except Monday. On Fridays the bridge is closed from 13:00 before 14:30 because of prayer (Malaysia is a Muslim country).

Tickets at the box office start selling from 8:30 , but they can be more conveniently purchased in advance at www.petronastwintowers.com.my. But even with online tickets to get to SkyBridge It will be very problematic - the queue is gigantic, although perfectly organized.

We thought that we were not at all eager to waste time on this and decided to devote it to the huge shopping center in Petronas. This is one of the coolest shopping centers in Kuala Lumpur. And after almost a year spent in Indian and Nepalese towns and villages, he makes a simply stunning impression. Food courts, restaurants, shops, a scientific and entertainment complex - we were sucked in ☺.

Despite all the pretentiousness, most of the stores turned out to be more than accessible. And prices in some of them are lower than in Russia or Thailand. Shoooping! ☺

It's amazing how different the impression the towers make in daylight and evening light is. During the day they seem simply tall, and at night they seem monumental and majestic.

Seeing the Petronas Towers in the evening light is a must do in Kuala Lumpur.

And besides this, in the evening you can watch a rather colorful, but short light and sound show of fountains. It starts in the area 20:00 , but there is no more accurate information, as soon as it gets dark enough, that’s when it begins ☺.

Many locals come to the fountains with food and have impromptu picnics to the accompaniment of the romantic melodies of the fountain.

And finally, some additional information about how to go and what else you can do in the Petronosov area.

How to get to the Petronas Twin Towers: take the metro and go to the station KLCC automatic line Kelana Jaya. You can also get to the station Ruja Chulan monorail line, then about 700 meters along the covered galleries and you are there. Read more about transport in Kuala Lumpur.

Other things to do in the KLCC area:

1. Visit one of the coolest aquariums Aquaria KLCC, if not all over the world, then in Asia for sure.

  • Ticket price for adults: 64 ringgit(about 1025 rubles);
  • Operating mode: from 10:00 before 20:00 , the last visitors are launched into 19:00 ;
  • Website: aquariaklcc.com

2. In the evening, when Petronas gets bored, take a walk to the street Jalan P. Ramlee and have a good time hanging out in local bars and clubs, because Kula Lumpur is a city that never sleeps ☺.

Skyscrapers are an American invention. However, amid the economic boom, the construction of multi-story buildings is increasing. A huge 88-story skyscraper with a height of 452 meters is located in the capital of Malaysia - these are the famous twin towers Petronas Towers, which for a long time were considered the largest skyscraper on our planet. The Petronas Twin Towers makes a great impression, which has become “ business card". Rising above the city, the towers symbolize the current one, striving to join the number.

The most respectable center of Malaysia was chosen for the construction of the skyscraper - the so-called Golden Triangle shopping center. This area is famous for skyscrapers, shopping malls, luxury hotels and chic restaurants.

The construction of Petronas Towers cost the main customer, the state corporation Petronas, $800 million. Some of the costs were covered by other Malaysian firms, which distributed office space in two skyscrapers among themselves.

The towers were installed in record short term- in less than three years (they were founded in May 1993, and officially opened on May 8, 1998). In January 2000, all office space was already occupied.

One tower was built by a consortium consisting of Hazama and Mitsubishi, as well as the American JA Jones Construction. The second tower is a consortium of South Korean companies Samsung Engineering and Construction, Kok Engineering and Construction and one Malaysian company.

The grandiose structure belongs to the National Oil Corporation, part of the project to create the “City of the New Millennium” in Malaysia. Its whimsical “double” design is said to be inspired by the Grand Arch of the La Défense in Paris. The towers resemble two rockets shot up, connected by a two-story bridge lying 160 meters from the ground.

The walls to the very top are made of tempered durable glass and thin metal lintels. During the day, the towers shimmer in the sun like a huge diamond set in silver. At night, they soar above the city, rushing like luminous rockets into the swampy blackness of the sky. Their needle-spires are visible tens of kilometers beyond city boundaries.

Each tower rests on a multi-meter thick slab of high-strength concrete with a volume of 13,200 cubic meters and weighing more than 32 thousand tons, which in turn rests on 104 piles going to a depth of 60 to 115 meters. The frame of the towers required 160 thousand cubic meters of special strength concrete and 37 thousand tons of steel, which allows the towers to withstand tremors of up to 7 points and a speed of 45 m/second, although in Malaysia to date no significant and.

Both towers are connected by a covered walkway in the form of a bridge. The building is crowned with 73.5-meter turrets. These towers were completed after it became clear that the new skyscraper was only 65 meters inferior to the tallest building in Chicago at that time. After the towers were built on, the Petronas Towers became the tallest. Until recently, this title belonged to a building in Malaysia, although in 2004 the record was broken by the Taipei 101 skyscraper.

The area of ​​all premises of the building is 213.75 thousand square meters (that’s 48 football fields). The towers represent 452 meters of glass and steel. The towers themselves occupy 40 hectares. The Petronas Towers houses offices, exhibition and conference rooms, an art gallery, a theatre, concert hall, where the Malaysian symphony orchestra performs, restaurants, as well as the main shopping center of Kuala Lumpur. In the silhouette of the sharply sharpened towers, with all the rampant high-tech, hints of national architecture are felt. Inside the towers everything is even more dynamic. Huge atriums are topped with steel structures a la a space station, glass elevators glide past glass escalators.

The upper floors of the buildings are occupied by offices. On the lower floors there is a six-story shopping center, restaurants, cinemas, a huge concert hall of the Malayan Philharmonic Orchestra, galleries, museums, exhibition halls and even a science center with virtual attractions for children and adults.

But the main attraction is the skyscraper itself. At the 41st floor level there is a lintel, a glass bridge, between the towers. It is open to the public from 10:00 am to 12:45 pm and from 15:00 to 16:45 pm and admission is free. From the bridge you have an excellent view of the entire city of Kuala Lumpur.

Address: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Start of construction: 1992
Completion of construction: 1998
Height: 451.9 m
Number of floors: 88
Coordinates: 3°09"28.2"N 101°42"42.6"E

Content:

Short story

In 1998, in the capital of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - the Petronas Twin Towers proudly rose to the sky. The combination of colorful Islamic architecture and truly grandiose size makes these skyscrapers one of the most beautiful urban buildings in the world.

View of the Petronas Towers from Central Park Kuala Lumpur

Each of the towers has 88 floors, and this is no coincidence. The Chinese consider eight to be a lucky number. Since 1996, that is, two years before completion of construction, the Petronas towers (452 ​​meters each) were the tallest buildings on the planet, but already in 2004 their record was broken by the Taiwanese skyscraper Taipei 101. The Petronas oil company is the “financial parent” of the Petronas Towers.

The history of the Petronas Towers dates back to the early 1990s, when the state-owned oil and gas corporation Petronas, a giant comparable to Russia's Gazprom, needed a huge business center. Just at this time, the city authorities, driven to despair by the constant accumulation of traffic jams on the road to the hippodrome, forced the equestrian club to change its location. The racecourse was moved to the suburbs, creating a 40-hectare space in the heart of densely built-up Kuala Lumpur. At first they planned to build a park here, which would become the “lungs” of the metropolis.

But the costs of maintaining a park of such a huge size amounted to a tidy sum, and the city authorities came to the conclusion that it would be more expedient to build a business center and fill the adjacent territory green spaces. Almost simultaneously with the oil and gas corporation Petronas, the company MIA Holdings, headed by Malaysian tycoon Anand Krishan, decided to contribute to the project.

Mr. Krishan organized a large-scale PR campaign for future skyscrapers, promising the residents of Kuala Lumpur not only office buildings, but also shops, a family entertainment complex, a new mosque, and all this - framed by a park replete with exotic flora. Eight architectural firms took part in the competition for the best design of the Petronas Towers. The winner was an American of Argentine origin, Cesar Pelli, who by that time had created many original buildings, including the World Financial Center in New York.

Petronas Towers - Muslim-style skyscrapers

The towers are designed taking into account national characteristics countries and in plan represent two eight-pointed stars - one of the motifs of Muslim symbolism. The buildings are topped with domes, the contours of which are similar to those of mosques. The foundation was laid at a depth that boggles the imagination - 100 meters. This is the deepest concrete foundation in the world. It was built like this: during three days Every 90 seconds, trucks poured high-strength, resilient concrete into the base. To ensure the reliability of the design, the skyscraper model was blown in all directions in a wind tunnel. The experiment confirmed that Petronas is not afraid of even Malaysian hurricanes. The cost of construction, which lasted 6 years, amounted to 1.6 billion US dollars. $800 million was received from Petronas, and the rest of the costs were shared among Malaysian firms, whose offices are also located in the skyscrapers.

Sky bridge between towers

Petronas Towers - shopping and business center

One of the towers houses the headquarters of Petronas, and the other houses the offices of subsidiaries of the oil company and transnational corporations such as Microsoft, IBM, etc. The towers have a concert hall with 840 seats, an art gallery, and a conference. -center and mosque. On one of the floors of the six-level shopping center The Petronas Gasoline Museum has been opened, where children are explained in an accessible form why oil and gas are important to the Malaysian economy. Each building has 29 two-story elevators. They are very spacious - the cabin can accommodate 52 people. In just 90 seconds, a high-speed elevator will take passengers to the top floor. At the height between the 41st and 42nd floors, the Petronas Towers are connected by a glass walkway - the “Sky Bridge”.. It is not only an observation deck, but also a means of safety - in the event of a fire, you can cross the bridge from one tower to another. By the way, tycoon Anand Krishan kept his promise: around the skyscrapers there is a park with running and walking paths, children's playgrounds, swimming pools and a fountain with a light show.

Petronas Towers illuminated at night

Spider-Man on top of Petronas

Petronas Towers attract fans extreme species sports In 2009, climber Alain Robert, nicknamed “Spiderman,” made his dream come true by climbing one of the Petronas towers without technical equipment or insurance. He conquered the most tall skyscraper Malaysia only on the third attempt - in 1997 and 2007, the ascent of "Spider-Man" was interrupted by the police.

The Petronas Towers have rightfully become a symbol of Malaysia and the main attraction of Kuala Lumpur. It's hard to take your eyes off their shiny edges. The Petronas Towers are beautiful at any time of the day, but a particularly unforgettable sight is at night. Incredibly bright, they tower above other buildings in Kuala Lumpur and, together with the Menara Tower, are a convenient landmark when walking around the city.


Petronas Twin Towers

2 | Tickets for Petronas Towers:

You can climb the main attraction of Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Towers - look at Kuala Lumpur from the observation deck (86th floor) and walk along the bridge between the towers (41st floor). But you need to think about tickets in advance, since demand exceeds supply (the number of tickets is limited to 1000 per day) and they sell like hot cakes. Please note that tickets are purchased at specific date and time (you can’t be late - your tickets will be burned).

Buy Petronas Twin Towers Tickets Can:

  1. the most unreliable option is at the box office itself ground floor("concourse" level) of the Petronas Towers, after standing in line;
  2. on the official website of Petronas Towers - www.petronastwintowers.com.my;
  3. The most convenient option is to buy tickets complete with transfer from your hotel in Kuala Lumpur to the Petronas Towers:
    • the ticket is delivered by a taxi driver to your hotel and upon arrival at the Petronas Towers you no longer need to stand in line at the ticket office,
    • you choose the time that is convenient for you to visit Petronas (two time slot options are available: if the first one is unavailable, the company will buy tickets for you in the second slot you choose),
    • the site is in English (there is no Russian), although this is not a problem - all the information can be easily translated in the Google Chrome browser.

Looking to stay in a hotel overlooking the Petronas Towers? For you - 7 best hotels in the center of Kuala Lumpur (KLCC).

Petronas Towers ticket prices:

  • children under 3 years old - free,
  • children from 3 to 12 years old - MYR 35,
  • adults and children over 12 years old - MYR 85.

The Twin Towers are closed on Mondays and during Friday prayers (13:00 to 14:30).

3 | How to get to the Petronas Twin Towers:

  • KLCC metro station (red line LRT - Kelana Jaya Line),
  • KLCC Jalan Ampang bus stop (buses 402, 300, 302, U22, U26 and green route free bus GoKLCityBus),
  • taxi (in English "Petronas Towers" sounds like "Petronas Tavers").
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  • Suria KLCC shopping complex at the foot of the Petronas Towers - a wide selection of shops, restaurants and cafes (there is an inexpensive food court),
  • at Aquaria KLCC