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Into the clouds.
Merdeka 118 in KL. The world's second tallest building. 679m.

Pretty!
By: patrick_y : September 22nd, 2022-01:05
These tall buildings are kind of inefficient. Past around 40 floors or so, the elevator shafts start eating too much of the floor space (since the higher you go, the more elevators you need). But, despite their inefficiency, they can be beacons of great b...
Indeed.
By: AuHavrePro : September 22nd, 2022-01:13
The taller the building the less sense it makes practically/economically. Most ultra-tall buildings are made to simply show-off. With that said, some of them are truly impressive and beautiful architecturally....
I agree.
By: AuHavrePro : September 22nd, 2022-18:21
The same way I think the Merdeka is more interesting architecturally than the Burj Khalifa.... Anyway, the design of the Petronas towers actually reminds me of the Library tower (U.S. Bank tower) in Los Angeles.... Cheers, Filip
Indeed...
By: patrick_y : September 22nd, 2022-06:24
If you start looking at the floor plates for each floor in these super tall buildings, the first 50% of the lower floors have very little usable (rentable) space, since the elevator shafts use up so much of the floor space. Many elevators don't go all the...