Fun & Interesting Facts about Petronas Towers

· Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in the world until 2004, when Taipei 101 took over the title.

· Petronas Towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world.

· There are 88 stories in Petronas Twin Towers.

· Petronas Towers were designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli.

· The foundation of Petronas Twin Towers is as much as 120 m deep and was built by Bachy Soletanche.

· Reinforced Concrete is the main material used in the construction of Petronas Towers.

· Petronas Twin Towers make use of glass facade that was designed to resemble Islamic art motifs.

· The overall height of Petronas Towers is 451.9m (1483ft), from street level.

· Petronas Twin Towers measure 378m (1240ft) high, without the pinnacle.

· Petronas Towers spread over an area or around 341,760 sq. m. (3.7 million sq. ft.).

· The sky-bridge of Petronas Twin Towers is at 41^st and 42^nd level and is 58.4m (192ft) long. It weighs 750 tons.

· There are 10 escalators in each building of Petronas Towers.

· The entry to Petronas Towers is free, but only a limited number of timed tickets are provided on a daily basis.

· Petronas Twin Towers have 32,000 windows.

· It cost US $1.2 billion to build Petronas Towers.

· Petronas Twin Towers also include an art gallery, an 840-seat concert hall, and an underground parking lot.

· The main occupant of the Petronas Towers is Petronas, the national oil-company of Malaysia.

· Below Petronas Twin Towers is a shopping mall, Suria KLCC, and Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, the home of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

· Accenture, Al Jazeera English, Carigali Hess Bloomberg, Boeing, IBM, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, McKinsey & Co, TCS, Krawler Networks, Microsoft, and Reuters are some of the companies that have rented offices in the Petronas Towers.

· There is a service building located to the east of the Petronas Twin Towers. It contains services required to keep the building operational.

Alain "Spiderman" Robert, a French urban climber, tried to climb the Petronas Towers on 20^th March 1997, with his bare hands and feet. He reached the 60^th floor, where he was arrested by the police. He again tried the feat, this time on the other building, on 20^th March 2007. This time also, he managed to reach only 60^th floor and was arrested by the police