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Tallest skyscraper8/9/2023 ![]() The Hang Tuah station, serving both the Ampang Line and KL Monorail, is a 600-metre walk southeast. It will also be accessible from the Maharajalela Monorail station connected through the precinct’s linear park under the development. The building will be served by the Kajang Line’s Merdeka MRT station located along Jalan Hang Jebat, which is connected to an interchange with the Ampang/Sri Petaling Line’s Plaza Rakyat LRT station. The mixed development of the Merdeka 118 project includes office spaces, 118 Mall (shopping mall), Park Hyatt KL, The View at 118 (observation deck) and serviced residences. The top of Merdeka 118 which feature the 168.5-metre-tall spire. Photo / IG building will be equipped and illuminated at night with 8.4 km of LED light strips which would gradually move from one corner to another. The Merdeka 118 development also achieved platinum rating with three Green Building certification bodies: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Green Building Index and GreenRE. The building’s cladding will comprise 18,144 panels, 114,000 square-metre of glass and 1,600 tonnes of window frame extrusions. Photos released this month by the designers show opulent lobbies decked out in. The design was made to resemble and inspired by Tunku Abdul Rahman’s outstretched hand gesture while chanting “ Merdeka!“, when he proclaimed the independence of Malaysia on 31 August 1957. The 91-story skyscraper, also known as 111 West 57th Street, contains 46 full-floor and duplex residences. The building is designed with a mixture of diamond shaped glass facades to signify the diversity of Malaysians. Merdeka 118 is surrounded by the Stadium Merdeka & Stadium Negara which inspires the name of the skyscraper. The Merdeka 118 development, when completed, will also have access to the newly built Merdeka MRT Station on the Kajang Line (SBK) and be directly linked from three major roads via the Belfield Tunnel, which will be a 2-storey underground tunnel passing underneath Kampung Attap and Jalan Maharajalela to the basement of the precinct. The site lies within the vicinity of landmarks such as Petaling Street, sporting venues including Merdeka Stadium, National Stadium, Victoria Institution and Chinatown. The building is situated on Petaling Hill, on the location of the former Merdeka Park, which was subsequently repurposed into an open-air car park before it was developed into the existing skyscraper. The whole Merdeka 118 development is a 19-acre land funded by Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and will consist of 400,000 square metres (4,300,000 square feet) of residential, hotel, commercial and public space. Read more about the buildings that were once the tallest in Kuala Lumpur. ![]()
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