MY-173802 SW CV-231 MY-256189 Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A landmark of Kuala Lumpur

 

The Petronas Towers (Menara Petronas) are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101.

The Petronas Towers have 88 floors each and even though the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) and the World Trade Center towers were each constructed with 110 occupied floors, the Petronas Towers are considered taller because of their pinnacles standing an additional 73.5 metres high.

I have received three great postcards of this structure.

 

Each Tower is set back five times in its ascent to maintain the vertical axis and tapering of the design. The walls of the uppermost floors are also sloped inward to taper and meet the pinnacle. The Towers feature multi-faceted walls of 33,000 stainless steel and 55,000 glass panels.

The Towers feature a Skybridge.  This is the world's highest double-decked bridge and it provides a view of Kuala Lumpur. The Skybridge links the Towers at levels 41 and 42.

 

The first postcard came in November 2013 from Jenny (Postcrossing)

The second postcard came from Swap-bot (15 Aug 2014) Nurul.

 

 This third postcard came from KKKhor (24 April 2015) Postcrossing.