A Brief History
The previous occupant of the area was the Selangor Turf Club which partially occupied the 40ha piece of land.
The plan was to involved turning the site into an integrated mixed-use development where "people can work, live, visit, shop and enjoy leisure and caltural activities".
With the full interest from the current Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, KLCC was ready to be developed according to the design proposed by Cesar Pelli in 1991.
For the Petronas HQ, Pelli envisioned two slim 88-storey towers, each with a 44-storey bustle or annex. The floor pattern was based on a 12-pointed star - a recurring motif in Islamic architecture. This was later changed to an 8-point star on Dr Mahathir's suggestion. The bridge was not only meant to serve the functional purpose of facilitating human traffic between the two towers, it also had a symbolic dimension - a sky portal and the gateway to Vision 2020.
The plan was to involved turning the site into an integrated mixed-use development where "people can work, live, visit, shop and enjoy leisure and caltural activities".
With the full interest from the current Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, KLCC was ready to be developed according to the design proposed by Cesar Pelli in 1991.
For the Petronas HQ, Pelli envisioned two slim 88-storey towers, each with a 44-storey bustle or annex. The floor pattern was based on a 12-pointed star - a recurring motif in Islamic architecture. This was later changed to an 8-point star on Dr Mahathir's suggestion. The bridge was not only meant to serve the functional purpose of facilitating human traffic between the two towers, it also had a symbolic dimension - a sky portal and the gateway to Vision 2020."For the Petronas HQ, PM wanted a building that would be identifably Malaysian, that was of world class standards and which Malaysians could be proud of," says Petronas Chairman Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin.
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