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Infographic: Why There Are So Many Supertall Skyscrapers in Malaysia?

When Mahathir Mohamad launched Vision 2020 in 1991, he did not merely outline economic targets — he commissioned a physical symbol. The Petronas Twin Towers, co

Akhyari Hananto

May 1, 2026 8:54 PM GMT+7

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Views From Above and Below: The Petronas Twin Towers and/in Contesting Visions of Development in Contemporary Malaysia

When Mahathir Mohamad launched Vision 2020 in 1991, he did not merely outline economic targets — he commissioned a physical symbol. The Petronas Twin Towers, completed in 1998, were never purely commercial real estate. They were a declaration: that Malaysia had arrived, that it was modern, technologically capable, and proudly Islamic in identity.

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