Floor plans Īll of the floor plans were obtained from the building's proposals and are subject to change. The Neapoli Group, an environmental design and engineering firm, was employed to provide consultancy services towards achieving platinum rating with three Green Building certification bodies: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Green Building Index and GreenRE.

The 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. Robertson Associates and Robert Bird Group while the civil and structural engineer of record for this tower is Arup. It will contain the 118 Mall, Grade-A offices, hotels, and residential areas. The building's cladding will comprise 18,144 panels, 114,000 square-metre of glass and 1,600 tonnes of window frame extrusions. 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 building is designed with a mixture of diamond shaped glass facades to signify the diversity of Malaysians. Merdeka 118 was designed to resemble Tunku Abdul Rahman's stature as he proclaimed Malaysian independence on 31 August 1957, chanting ' Merdeka!' seven times 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, and the stalled Plaza Rakyat project (across the Ampang Line). The building is situated on Petaling Hill, on the location of the former Merdeka Park (subsequently repurposed into an open-air car park). 60 out of the 80 storeys of office space will be reserved for Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), the developer of the project, and its subsidiaries. The non-rentable space consists of elevators, recreational and maintenance facilities, as well as parking spaces for up to 8,500 cars. It will be surrounded by four acres of urban and linear park. It has two observation decks, the first inside the building and the second inside the spire, and a retail business centre ( 118 Mall). The building will consist of 100 storeys of rentable space, including 83 storeys of office space, 12 storeys of hotel rooms, 5 storeys of hotel residences, and an observatory floor which will be the highest observation deck in Southeast Asia. It is planned to be constructed in three phases and will consist of 400,000 square metres (4,300,000 square feet) of residential, hotel and commercial space. When completed in mid-2023, the tower will be the tallest building in Malaysia.

The Merdeka 118 (the whole precinct's) development is a 19-acre land funded by Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), with a budget of RM5 billion ( US$1.21 billion). The building will also be the first in Malaysia to receive a triple platinum rating from worldwide sustainability certifications, including the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). It surpassed the 632 m (2,073 ft) Shanghai Tower as the world's second-tallest building and structure by 47 m (154 ft), surpass the 451.9 m (1,483 ft) Petronas Twin Towers as the tallest building in Malaysia by 227 m (745 ft), and surpassed the 461 m (1,512 ft) Landmark 81 as the tallest building in ASEAN by 218 m (715 ft), taking these titles by virtue of its 160 m (520 ft) spire. The building was finished in mid-2022, and is the tallest in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. The spire of the building was completed in November 2021. The building's name, Merdeka (which means 'independence'), is inspired by its proximity to two stadiums: Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Negara. It is the world's second-tallest structure, surpassing the Tokyo Skytree at 634 m (2,080 ft) and the world's second tallest building, surpassing the Shanghai Tower at 632 m (2,073 ft). Merdeka 118, also known as Merdeka PNB 118, Warisan Merdeka Tower, 118 Tower and KL 118 is a 118-story, 678.9-metre-tall megatall skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. KG17 Merdeka MRT station of the Kajang Line Tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, first megatall skyscraper in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, second tallest building in the world, second tallest spire in the world Robertson Associates, Robert Bird Group in association with Arup Neo-futurism & Malay traditional songket patternĤ90.8 m (1,610 ft) (Level 115) - 492.8 m (1,617 ft) (Level 116)įender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL Mixed-use: Shopping complex, Marete, Housing Properties, Hotel, Observation KL 118, Heritage of Independence, Menara Warisan Merdeka, PNB Headquarters

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