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Menara Telekom (or Menara TM) is the headquarters of Telekom Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.

It is 310m (1017ft), has 55 floors, and shaped to represent a sprouting "bamboo shoot". It is located along the Federal Highway and Jalan Pantai Baru and is served by the Rapid KL Kerinchi LRT station. It was designed Hijjas Kasturi Associates and built in 2001 by PECD Berhad. Construction started in 1998.

The complex also includes a theatre able to seat a 2,500 audience, a large prayer hall (surau) and a sports facility. A unique feature of the tower is its 22 open skygardens alternating every three floors. The office floors are separated into north and south wings served by express double-deck elevators.

Tenants

Menara Telekom from Kerinchi LRT station

Menara Telekom from Kerinchi LRT station

Menara Telekom also houses several well-known tenants, namely DaimlerChrysler, Hapag-Lloyd, Unilever, Henkel Malaysia, Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad, Takaful Nasional and the IT Department of Tenaga Nasional.

See also

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Skyscrapers: Aon Center (Chicago) | AT&T Corporate Center | Baiyoke Tower II | Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) | Bank of China Tower | Burj al-Arab | Central Plaza | Chrysler Building | CITIC Plaza | Emirates Office Tower | Emirates Towers Hotel | Empire State Building | First Canadian Place | International Finance Centre | JPMorgan Chase Tower | Jin Mao Building | John Hancock Center | Kingdom Centre | Menara Telekom | Nina Tower I | Petronas Twin Towers | Q1 | Sears Tower | Shimao International Plaza | Shun Hing Square | Sky Central Plaza | Taipei 101 | Tuntex Sky Tower | Two Prudential Plaza | U.S. Bank Tower

Under construction: Abraj Al Bait Towers | Al Hamra Tower | Al Rajhi Tower | Bank of America Tower, New York City | Burj Dubai | City Hall and City Duma | Federation Tower | Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) | International Commerce Centre | New York Times Tower | Rose Rotana Suites | Shanghai World Financial Center | Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) | Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto) | Waterview Tower

Proposed: Al Burj | Buenos Aires Forum | Burj al Alam | Fordham Spire | Mubarak al-Kabir Tower | Plaza Rakyat | Russia Tower | Shard London Bridge

Destroyed: World Trade Center | Construction suspended: Ryugyong Hotel

Visions: 7 South Dearborn | Pyramid City | Sky City 1000 | The Illinois | X-Seed 4000

Observation towers: Borj-e Milad | Central TV Tower | CN Tower | Eiffel Tower | Fernsehturm | KCTV-Tower | Liberation Tower | Macau Tower | Kuala Lumpur Tower | Oriental Pearl Tower | Ostankino Tower | Riga Radio and TV Tower | Sky Tower | Space Needle | Stratosphere Las Vegas | Sydney Tower | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | Tallinn TV Tower | Tashkent Tower | Tokyo Tower | Tower of the Americas | Torrena |Vilnius TV Tower

Antennas: Alma-Ata Tower | Azeri TV Tower | Emley Moor | Europaturm | Gerbrandy Tower | Kiev TV Tower | Mumbai Television Tower | Saint Petersburg TV Tower | Sumida Tower (proposed) | TV Tower Yerevan | WITI TV Tower | Zendstation Smilde

Chimneys: GRES-2 Power Station | Endesa Termic | Homer City Generating Station | Inco Superstack | Kennecott Smokestack | Maritza East Power Station | Mitchell Power Plant | Mountaineer Power Plant | Plomin Power Station | Power Station Westerholt | Syrdarya Power Plant | Teruel Power Plant | TETs5 | Trbovlje Chimney

Oil platforms: Petronius Platform | Troll Platform | Hibernia Oil Platform

Other proposed structures

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