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The tallest building in Kuala Lumpur is Merdeka 118, which has 118 floors and stands 678.9 m (2,227 ft) in height. The history of skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur began with the completion of the 73 m (239 ft) 18-storey, Lee Yan Lian Building in 1945.
Merdeka 118, formerly known as Menara Warisan Merdeka, [a] KL 118 and PNB 118, is a 118-story megatall skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.At 678.9 m (2,227 ft) tall, [3] it is the second-tallest building and structure in the world, only behind the Burj Khalifa at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
Besides Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding metropolitan area, most Malaysian skyscrapers are built either in George Town or Johor Bahru. [3] Since 2023, Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur has been the tallest skyscraper in Malaysia. Built with an architectural height of 678.9 metres (2,227 ft), it contains the tallest observatory installed in a spire ...
Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, 678.9 m (2,227 ft), second tallest building in the world; The Exchange 106, Kuala Lumpur, 453.6 m (1,488 ft) Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 451.9 m (1,483 ft), tallest twin buildings in the world; Kuala Lumpur Tower, Kuala Lumpur, 421 m (1,381 ft), tallest telecommunication tower in Southeast Asia
Tallest building in the European Union from 2012 to 2020 United States: One World Trade Center [285] [286] [287] New York City: 541.3 m (1,776 ft) 104 2014 Tallest building in the Americas, and tallest office building in the world. Tallest building in the OECD from 2014 to 2017. Uruguay: Torre Antel [288] [289] [290] Montevideo: 157.6 m (517 ft ...
The second-tallest structure in the world is the 679-metre-tall (2,227 ft) Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the third-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower in the world is the Tokyo Skytree (634 m or 2,080 ft).
Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967–75; tallest in Europe 5: Oriental Pearl Tower: 468 m (1,535 ft) 1994: Concrete China: Shanghai: Tallest in China & Asia 1994–2007 6: Milad Tower: 435 m (1,427 ft) 2008 Iran: Tehran: Tallest in the Middle East and West Asia 7: Kuala Lumpur Tower: 421 m (1,381 ft) 1994 Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: 2024 Tallest building in Southeast Asia, ASEAN and Malaysia [16] 3 Shanghai Tower: 632.0 2,073 128 (+ 5 below ground) Shanghai China: 2015 Tallest building in East Asia and China and contains the highest luxury hotel in the world; Tallest twisted building [17] 4 Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower: 601.0 1,972 120 (+ 3 below ground ...