| Vocabulary |
| Skyscraper
- Skyscraper got its name from the topmost sail of the clipper
ships. Definition:A very tall building. |
| Finial
- an ornament on top of a roof |
| Skybridge
- A structure built over a river or a sky |
| Cesar
Pelli - born October 12,1926 in Tucuman, Argentina the architect of
Petronas Towers and other urban landmarks. |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
The Petronas Towers are a great source of pride for the people of Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Once the tallest building in the world, it is now the
third tallest tower. Like stars spiraling to the sky, glass, steel and
concrete come together to create this skyscraper. The two towers are connected
by a sky bridge which suspends people eighty-eight stories above the earth.
The glass allows the people to look down on the scene below. This structure
was built by Cesar Pelli and was completed in 1998. The cool thing about
the Petronas Towers is that when you look up from the ground you see big
stars and as you keep looking up there are smaller stars spiraling upward.
Forms seen in nature are mimicked in steel and concrete.
http://www.fotos.sc/img/u/peterechzell/h/Petronas_Towers__Wolkenkratzer.jpg
|
