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A Malay traditional house in Kedah, adorned with distinctive carved panels of the northern Malay Peninsula. Malay houses ( Malay: Rumah Melayu; Jawi: رومه ملايو) refer to the vernacular dwellings of the Malays, an ethno-linguistic group inhabiting Sumatra, coastal Borneo and the Malay Peninsula . Traditional architectural forms, such ...
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion ( Malay: Rumah Agam Peranakan Pulau Pinang) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a museum dedicated to Penang 's Peranakan heritage. The museum itself is housed within a distinctive green-hued mansion at Church Street, George Town, which once served as the residence and office of a 19th-century Chinese tycoon, Chung ...
In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room ( Australian English [1] ), lounge ( British English [2] ), sitting room ( British English [3] ), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the ...
Architecture in Malaysia traditionally consist of malay vernacular architecture. Though modern contemporary architecture is prevalent in urban areas there are style influences from Islamic, colonial architecture, chinese straits etc. [1] New materials, such as glasses and nails, were brought in by Europeans, changing the architecture. [2]
The Istana Negara (English: National Palace) is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia). It is located along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (formerly Jalan Duta) near Taman Duta, northwestern Kuala Lumpur. The palace opened in 2011 and replaced the old Istana Negara which was located at a different compound in central ...
Languages of Malaysia. The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia are the Malay people, Han Chinese people and Tamil people, with many other ethnic ...
Architect (s) Sir William Ivor Shipley ( Malaysian Public Works Department, JKR) [1] The Malaysian Houses of Parliament ( Malay: Bangunan Parlimen Malaysia ), is a complex where the Malaysian Parliament assembles. The structure is located at the Perdana Botanical Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, close to the Malaysian National Monument .
The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Malay: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan), abbreviated KPKT, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for urban well-being, housing, local government, town planning, country planning, fire and rescue authority, landscape, solid waste management, strata management, moneylenders, pawnbrokers.