Gran Torre Santiago vs Petronas Towers

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The Costanera Center Torre 2, better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and Formerly known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 62-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile, the second tallest in Latin America.

It is the fourth-tallest building in the Southern hemisphere by highest architectural feature (supporting New Zealand's Sky Tower, Australia's Q1 Tower and Australia 108) and third-tallest by highest occupied floor (after Australia's Australia 108 and Eureka Tower).



It was designed by Argentine architect César Pelli, Chilean architects Alemparte Barreda & Asociados, and from the Canadian firm Watt International.

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The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas), are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)'s official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 when they were surpassed by Taipei 101. The Petronas Towers remain the tallest twin towers in the world. The buildings are a landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower; they remain the tallest buildings in Kuala Lumpur.

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