Telekom Tower

The Telekom Tower (Malay: Menara Telekom) or Menara TM is a skyscraper in Lembah Pantai, southwestern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, has 55 floors, and is shaped to represent a sprouting "bamboo shoot". It is located along the Federal Highway, Sprint Expressway and Jalan Pantai Baharu and is served by the Rapid KL Kerinchi LRT station. It was designed by Hijjas Kasturi Associates and was constructed between 1998 and 2001 by Deawoo Construction. The building was officially opened on 11 February 2003 by the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. It resembles the Bitexco Financial Tower of Ho Chi Minh City (finished in 2010) and the Telecommunications Tower (finished in 2002) in Montevideo.

Menara Telekom
Menara Telekom.Headquarters of the TM Group
General information
StatusComplete
TypeOffice
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates3°06′58″N 101°39′59″E
Construction started1998
Completed2001
Height
Architectural310 m (1,020 ft)[1]
Roof310 m (1,020 ft)
Technical details
Floor count55[1]
Floor area1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectHijjas Kasturi Associates[1]
References
[1][2]

With a series of hanging gardens climbing it, the structure cost over $160 million. The tower has been designed to benefit from its surrounding environment, using its windows, orientation, and air condition system to encourage energy saving.[3]

The complex also includes a theatre able to seat a 2,500 audience, a large prayer hall (surau) and a sports facility. A unique feature of the tower is its 22 open skygardens alternating every three floors. The office floors are separated into north and south wings served by express double-deck elevators.

Near the building is Kerinchi Pylon, the tallest electricity pylon in Southeast Asia.

Tenants

Menara Telekom houses several well-known tenants, namely Mercedes-Benz, BASF, DHL, Hapag-Lloyd, Unilever, Henkel Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Takaful Nasional and the IT Department of Tenaga Nasional.

Avengers promotion

The building resembles Stark Tower (later Avengers Tower) as depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, starting with The Avengers. As part of the collaboration between TM and Marvel Malaysia in a tie-in for Avengers: Infinity War, the Avengers logo was projected on the Telekom Tower.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Menara Telekom - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013.
  2. "Telekom Tower". SkyscraperPage.
  3. Kuala Lumpur’s Telekom Tower
  4. "TM Tower transforms into Avengers' Stark Tower; local fans go berserk". NST Online. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. Khor, Samantha (25 April 2018). "TM Basically Just "Confirmed" That Menara Telekom In Bangsar Is Secretly Avengers Tower". SAYS.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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