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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 first hill station, Penang Hill, was founded in 1787 on Penang Island. It was soon followed by Bukit Larut (1884) and Mount Kledang (1892) in Perak, Treacher Hill (1893) in Selangor, Fraser's Hill (1919) and Cameron Highlands (1925) in Pahang, and Mount Angsi (year unknown) in Negeri Sembilan. Plans were initially made to build another hill ...
An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to convince clients of the merits of a design, to assist a building ...
The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The mansion's external decorations and indigo-blue outer walls make it a very distinctive building, and it is sometimes referred to as The Blue Mansion. [1] Built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of the 19th ...
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 Petronas Towers' structural system is a tube in tube design, invented by Bangladeshi-American architect Fazlur Rahman Khan. [7][8] Applying a tube-structure for extreme tall buildings is a common phenomenon. [9][10] The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs ...
Bukit Dinding. Bukit Dinding is a forested hill with published height of 291m [ 1] in Kuala Lumpur nestled in between Setiawangsa and Wangsa Maju. Officially recognized with a published height of 291 meters, data from the Kuala Lumpur Slope Information System (KULSIS) suggests a slightly higher elevation of 311 meters and 302 on Google Earth ...
The Carcosa Seri Negara is a residence located on two adjacent hills inside the Perdana Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Originally built as the official residence and guest house of the British High Commissioner in Malaya, it is now owned by the Government of Malaysia. The name is a composite of the two colonial mansions located on ...