In the late 1990s, several East Asian cities joined the race the tallest skyscraper honors. This marked the third phase of the 'super skyscraper' race. The Petronas Towers (in Malaysia) is 452 meters and the Jin Mao Building (in Shanghai, China) is 421 meters tall. Unlike the American or European skyscrapers, the designs of the Asian buildings reflected their own cultural and religious values. The Jin Mao Buildings is 88 stories tall (8 is a lucky Chinese number) white the Petronas Towers used Islamic geometric patterns to shape the building.