How much did the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur cost to build?
The Petronas Towers are two 88-storey, 451.9 m (1,483 ft) twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by Cesar Pelli, with construction begun in 1993 and completed in 1996, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 and officially opened in 1999. The PBS Building Big databank gives their cost as USD 1.6 billion, the same figure as Wikipedia (citing CNN), and no source in ringgit was found.
Reported project cost
$1.6 billion
Cost basis: 1998
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1998
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Key dimensions
- HeightEBSCO Research Starters
- 451.9 m
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