[aruanan]

be more than twice the height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, which stand at 452m.

Just to say it again so that they won't get it by mere repetition: by all criteria used to judge height, the Sears Tower is still the tallest building in the world. Even the commission that gave the distinction to the Petronas Towers in a move of "fairness" said that in 3 of 4 categories the Sears Tower was the tallest building. As far as the other category is concerned, the height is figured to the top of the superstructure which extends above roof level and functions as anchors for antennae. The story is that the published data on the Sears Tower gave the overall height to the top of the roof. The Petronas people thought that was referring to the distance to the top of the superstructure. After their building was completed and they claimed tallest building status, the Sears Tower people showed that the Sears Tower was still the tallest when the superstructure above the roof level was counted (as it was in the Petronas Towers). The Petronas folks appealed and a bureaucratic decision was made that had nothing to do with the reality of height. The Petronas Towers are couple of buildings with giant, uninhabited pasties to make them look taller than they actually are.

[MinuteGal]

Anyone have a photo of the Petronas Tower?

Leni

[Alouette]

the Sears Tower is still the tallest building in the world

You are correct. They have extended the antenna on top several times to outreach the Malaysian towers. How many more feet above sea level is Kuala Lumpur than Chicago?