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Hijjas bin Kasturi (born 26 September 1936) is a Malaysian architect. [1] Active for more than fifty years, he has been responsible for some of the most significant buildings in South East Asia, in the modern, postmodern, and deconstructivist styles. He is considered the father of Malaysian architecture of the second half of the twentieth ...
It was founded in 1977 by Malaysian architect Hijjas Kasturi and specializes in designing institutional and commercial buildings in Malaysia. The company is currently led by Hijjas Kasturi's daughter, Serina Hijjas. [2]
The Tabung Haji Tower (Malay: Menara Tabung Haji) is a 38-storey, 152 m (499 ft) [2] office skyscraper and is the headquarters of Malaysian Hajj Pilgrims Fund Board in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tower, designed by architect Hijjas Kasturi, was completed in 1984. [3]
The buildings are modified to be suitable to the tropical environment of Malaysia, which is hot and humid with many days of monsoon rain. Mock Tudor or Tudorbethan styled architecture is the feature of two sporting clubs situated in Dataran Merdeka, the Royal Selangor Club and the Selangor Chinese Club. The buildings were built in 1910 and 1929 ...
It is Malaysia's 5th tallest building, and is shaped to represent a sprouting "bamboo shoot". It is regarded as the first twisted skyscraper in the world. It was designed by Hijjas Kasturi Associates and was constructed between 1998 and 2001 by Daewoo Construction.
Hijjas Kasturi (born 1936) [12] Menara Maybank (Malaysia) Menara Telekom (Malaysia) Tabung Haji (Malaysia) Putrajaya Convention Centre (Malaysia) Shah Alam Stadium (Malaysia) Arthur Benison Hubback (1871-1948) [13] Ipoh railway station (Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur Railway Station; Masjid Jamek (Malaysia) Post Office (Malaysia) Royal Selangor Club ...
Jam spends most of the year living in a one-room hut on Tragadi Bandar, a makeshift fishing settlement that borders the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project in the western state of Gujarat, 100 miles south of India’s border with Pakistan.
Architect(s) Hijjas Kasturi Associates Taisei Construction Co. ... Maybank Tower was the tallest building in Kuala Lumpur as well as Malaysia, at 244 m (801 ft ...