Topic: Petronas Towers

French Spiderman climbs Bucharest hotel

The self-styled "French Spiderman" on Friday climbed up one of Bucharest's tallest buildings, the Hotel Intercontinental, as part of a publicity campaign.Alain Robert, 48, crawled up balcony after balcony of the 22-storey building, using a rope and a harness.Some ...

'French spiderman' takes on world's tallest tower

After scaling the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Sydney Opera House, the "French Spiderman" now has his sights set on the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in the cosmopolitan Gulf emirate of Dubai.Alain Robert, 48, is due Monday to climb ...

Petronas Twin Towers

In 1999 when the towers were completed, the Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in the world. Located at the center of Kuala Lumpur , the towers are hard to miss. The other tower has offices available for lease to affiliates and ...
Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia , set along the west coast of this South-east Asian nation. Commonly known as "KL", Kuala Lumpur was a tin mining city and the site of much civil unrest in the late 1800's due to ...
Visiting the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia The second tallest building in the world, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur is a magnificent soaring building that makes visitors gasp in awe and sheer delight as soon as they catch sight of its ...
If I could live anywhere in the world Malaysia could quite possibly be top of my list. That's quite a statement, particularly as Malaysia is not even many people's first choice for a holiday in South East Asia. From the ...

Happy Birthday, Cesar Pelli

Born in Argentina on October 12, 1926, Cesar Pelli is perhaps most famous for his Petronas Towers, still considered among the tallest buildings in the world. com/Robert Churchill

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Skyscrapers are a necessary part of the modern urban landscape and serve as residences, offices and commercial complexes. He built the Home Insurance Building in Chicago on these lines in 1883-1885. The iron and steel building skeleton is usually reinforced with concrete ...

Visiting the Petronas Towers in the KLCC

Reaching more than a quarter-mile into the skies above Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Towers look like rockets joined at the hips and ready to launch at any moment. The Petronas Towers are two separate building, both 88 stories tall, but connected at ...