Ilham Baru Tower

The tower overlooking the once busy streets of Kuala Lumpur

Ilham Baru Tower is a skyscraper located at Jalan Binjai in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tower has is 274 metres and is the seventh-tallest structure in Malaysia. The architecture of Ilham Tower with its dramatic lines and form is destined to be the toast of the city. Its diagonal exo-skeleton, comprising triangulated concrete frames and external trusses, is offset against the elegant glazing within the building's structural armor. But without people, how long can the armor protect the building from the forces of Mother Nature?

1 day after people: The night sky engulfs Kuala Lumpur, and the tower and the rest of the skyline glows brightly into the night. At night, the tower resembles the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, with the the exoskeleton shining brightly in white. But both towers will meet the same fate on this day. Both power grids fail as the power plants fail to produce any power, and the towers plunge into complete darkness.

1 week after people: The tower's ultra-modern lobby are now being visited by mice, looking around the floors of the tower for any remaining food. Mice raid the apartments of the tower, eating the remaining food and settle in the tower temporarily. The tower doesn't suffer any major damage from the raid as it looks onto the now deserted city of Kuala Lumpur.

5 months after people: The monsoon season arrives, and a massive downpour strikes all of Kuala Lumpur. As heavy winds battle against the tower, it begins to sway slightly. Some windows are unable to withstand and they shatter or fall to their death in the streets below. The turnstiles contain some electricity when the storm hits, and when the base floods, a turnstile explodes and the rest follows. Thankfully the turnstiles are not close to the supports, but the explosion has destroyed the marble floor of the lobby. When the storm ends, at least 2 dozen windows were destroyed. This allows nature to take a look inside the interior. Birds begin to flock en masse and the building becomes a popular spot for birds. They also bring seeds into the building, letting plant life to flourish inside and wreck the interior.

5 years after people: The diagonal exoskeleton begins to corrode from rainwater along with the tropical humidity of Kuala Lumpur. Inside the floors where windows had been blown out, plant life has turned them into a tiny forest, attracting even more birds to settle permanently. The cars in the underground parking lot slowly deteriorate and the apartments are being invaded by bacteria.

10 years after people: The windows on the tower begin to fall out, which leaves the offices of the tower to decay. Papers decomposes, electronics begins to decay and birds invade the floors. The tower is now home to nearly 1000 birds, who enjoy the flourishing ecosystem of the tower.

50 years after people: Most of the towers windows have been destroyed as the diagonal exoskeleton has rusted significantly, giving the tower a red and gray look. The concrete frame of the tower also begins to fail and the majority of the interiors have been completely destroyed. Plants that grow tall destroy the upper floors above them, and they continue to grow. Meanwhile a deadly disease spread among the birds, which lead to a massive decrease of the tower's bird population. Only 300 birds are left in the tower. Their nests are the only traces that showed that they have been here before.

125 years after people: As the Bank of China Tower collapses in Hong Kong, this similar-looking tower doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. The tower has been reduced to a rusting and corroding skeleton made out of corroding metal and weakened concrete. Plant life has taken over the entire building and the tower is completely unrecognizable. Despite the corrosion, the concrete frame and the exoskeleton still hold the tower together, and it'll be like that for a few more centuries. The tower can only watch as nearby structures like the Maxis Tower, the Vista Tower and Four Seasons Place all collapse into the ground.

300 years after people: The tower's exoskeleton and concrete have been able to keep the structure standing above the jungle of what was once Kuala Lumpur, but it is the end of road for the tower. One key support column in the middle floors of the tower can't hold the weight of the plant-covered floors above, and it collapses. The tower then caves on itself and collapses into the jungle below. The "toast" of Kuala Lumpur has fallen, and so will the remaining structures in the following centuries to come.