The Petronas Twin Towers are twin high rises located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were designed by Argentinean-American architect Cesar Pelli and built by two separate construction consortiums headed by Hazama Corp. and Samsung Engineering and Construction between the years 1992 and 1997. The Towers have 88 stories each and stand 1,483 feet (452 m) tall. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certified the Towers as the world’s tallest buildings in 1996, based on their structural top. They retained the title until 2004 when the Taipei 101 surpassed them.