Telekom Tower, also known as TM Tower is a 55-story, 310-meter-tall supertall skyscraper in

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. It is the world's 4th tallest twisted building. It is

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shoot". It is located along the

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and

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and is served by the

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. It was designed by

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and was constructed between 1998 and 2001 by Deawoo Construction. The building was officially opened on 11 February 2003 by the fourth

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, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. It resembles the

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of Ho Chi Minh City (finished in 2010) and the Telecommunications Tower (finished in 2002) in Montevideo. 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. 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 sky gardens alternating every three floors. The office floors are separated into north and south wings served by express

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s. Near the building is Kerinchi Pylon, the tallest

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Construction

Tenants

Menara Telekom houses several well-known tenants, namely

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, DHL,

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, Henkel Malaysia,

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, Takaful Nasional and the IT Department of

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''Avengers'' promotion

The building resembles

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(later Avengers Tower) as depicted in the

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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.

References

External links

Telekom Malaysia

Menara Telekom
on

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Construction

Tenants

''Avengers'' promotion

See also

References

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