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The Hatter's Castle bungalow's design is influenced by Edward Valentine John Carey, the founder of the island and palm oil plantation, while its name is inspired by a novel of the same title by Scottish author A.J. Cronin. The first occupants of the house were Danish engineer C.L. Gjorup, who built the bungalow and moved in on 1 January 1923 ...
Traditional timber houses incorporated design principals relevant in contemporary architecture such as shading and ventilation, qualities present in the basic house features. Although Malay houses have diversity of styles according to each states, provinces, and sub-ethnics, there are common style and similarities shared among them: [1]
Burkill Hall in Singapore Botanic Gardens, the oldest surviving 19th century Anglo-Malay Plantation building, forerunner to the black and white bungalow. In Malaysia and Singapore, bungalows such as these were built from the 19th century until World War II for the wealthy expatriate families, the leading commercial firm as well as the Public Works Department and the British Armed Forces. [2]
A design guide of public parks in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit UTM. ISBN 978-983-52-0274-2. Mohamad Tajuddin Haji Mohamad Rasdi (2005). The architectural heritage of the Malay world: the traditional houses. Skudai, Johor Darul Ta'zim: Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-52-0357-2. Noor, Farish Ahmad; Khoo, Eddin (2003).
Many of these buildings derive their design from traditional Malay items, such as the head dress and the keris. Some of these buildings have Islamic geometric motifs integrated with the designs of the building, such as square patterns or a dome. Late Modernist and Post Modernist style architecture began to appear in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Pictured here is the Netherlands Trading Society Building, which currently houses the Bank of China The Chinese Khoo Kongsi clan hall and temple The "Blue Mansion" Kapitan Keling Mosque The architecture of Penang reflects the 171 years of British presence on the island, coalescing with local, Chinese , Indian , Islamic and other elements to ...
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A typical Malaysian and Singaporean terraced house is usually one or two floors high, but a handful of three or four storey terraced homes exist, especially newer terraced houses. Earlier variations followed traditional Western, Malay, India and Chinese architecture, as well as Art Deco and International stylings between the 1930s and 1950s.