BuildingPetronas Twin Towers

[Jamie73, 27/06/2007] The History of the Petronas Towers. This was once classified as the worlds tallest structure but due to changes in measuring these things it falls a little short today to the Sears Tower in Chicago. These were designed by a Norwegian Dawid Muano and the construction got underway in 1995 and was completed in 1998. The 88 floors are mostly construc [more]

[digital_explorer, 27/04/2007] Being a Civil Engineer, I am always fascinated with mega-structures - buildings, transport networks, tunnels, bridges, towers, dams, and other construction works having interesting characteristics; not only with the height but also in terms of how the structure was built as well as the amenities and features within it. One of them is the popular Pe [more]

[toombsey, 18/04/2007] The Petronas Towers are pretty magnificent. I have seen my fair share of tall buildings, but this building or rather these buildings are truly spectacular. By day they are two gleaming metal and glass structures reaching up into the sky, but by night they come alive. The shapes of the building are quite different from any other building I hav [more]