It is Kuala Lumpur's misfortune that its most iconic architectural feature is the Petronas Towers. The twin erections of glass and steel stand as monuments to the fact that oil money can buy you one of the tallest buildings in the world, but not good taste. The interior houses corporate offices (vastly improved by offering no view of the building's exterior), a decent art gallery, and a large mall of blandly forgettable luxury.
The failure of the Petronas Towers is a shame because KL's wider architectural heritage is much more handsome and interesting. Two major styles stand out. The first is neo-Moorish, imported along with architects from British India, which looks like something out of an Aladdin movie, featuring scalloped archways, onion domes and geometrical ornamentation.
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