DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Today's installment of maybe it's your turn to "Ask CNN." Today, it takes us across the world for the answer to your question.</s>ANDY YEOH: My name is Andy Yeoh, and I am from Malaysia. And I would like to ask CNN, what is the tallest building in the world?</s>JOHN RAEDLER, CNN BANGKOK BUREAU CHIEF: The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, are the world's tallest buildings. The twin towers are some 1,483 feet tall. That is from ground level to the tip of the masts. That is about 20 feet taller than the Sears Tower in Chicago. The twin towers have a combined office space, the equivalent of about 100 football fields. Architect Caesar Pelli designed the twin towers. They took some five years to construct and were completed in 1998. Interestingly, one tower was built by a Japanese company, the other by a South Korean firm. The complex was built on the site of a former horse racing track and takes its name from the Malaysian state-owned oil company Petronas, which has its headquarters in the complex.
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