NAME:MUHAMMAD HAIKAL HAKIMI BIN ZAINUDIN

CLASS:1 DCA

Asalammualaikum,good morning everyone!.Do you know who was design The

Petronas Twin Towers or Kuala Lumpur City Centre.To give information about The History
Of Kuala Lumpur City Centre to my audiance.Today i will share with everyone about The
History Of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC).I hope you all can give the attention and this
information will be useful to everyone.Kuala Lumpur City Centre is a multipurpose
devolepment area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.There is a lot we dont’t know about The
History Of Kuala Lumpur City Centre.

The Petronas Towers' or Kuala Lumpur City Centre structural system is a tube in tube
design, invented by architect Fazlur Rahman Khan.Applying a tube-structure for extreme tall
buildings is a common phenomenon.The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced
concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic art, a
reflection of Malaysia's Muslim religion. Another Islamic influence on the design is that the
cross section of the towers is based on a Rub el Hizb, albeit with circular sectors added to
meet office space requirements.The circular sectors are similar to the bottom part of the
Qutub Minar.

The towers were designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli. A distinctive

postmodern style was chosen to create a 21st-century icon for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Planning on the Petronas Towers started on 1 January 1992 and included rigorous tests and
simulations of wind and structural loads on the design. Seven years of construction followed
at the former site of the original Selangor Turf Club, beginning on 1 March 1993 with
excavation, which involved moving 500 truckloads of earth every night to dig down 30
metres (98 ft) below the surface. The construction of the superstructure commenced on 1
April 1994. Interiors with furniture were completed on 1 January 1996, the spires of Tower 1
and Tower 2 were completed on 1 March 1996, 3 years after its construction was started, and
the first batch of Petronas personnel moved into the building on 1 January 1997. The building

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was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, on
31 August 1999.

Early into construction a batch of concrete failed a routine strength test causing
construction to come to a complete halt. All the completed floors were tested but it was found
that only one had used a bad batch and it was demolished. As a result of the concrete failure,
each new batch was tested before being poured. The halt in construction had cost
US$700,000 per day and led to three separate concrete plants being set up on the site to
ensure that if one produced a bad batch, the other two could continue to supply concrete. The
sky bridge contract was completed by Kukdong Engineering & Construction.

The conclusion, In this world there are many famous iconic buildings such as the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. What
these buildings do is put a country's name on the world stage. In Malaysia, the building that
has graced the name of our country for over 20 years is the Petronas Twin Towers
(KLCC).Thank you to everyone because give the attention to my speech.I hope the
information that i explained will improve your knowledge.