History of Architecture

MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE,
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
 The architecture of Kuala Lumpur is a blend of old
colonial influences, Asian traditions, Malay Islamic
inspirations, modern and post modern mix.
 Being a relatively young city, most of Kuala Lumpur’s
colonial buildings were built toward the end of 19th and
early 20th century.
 These buildings have Moorish, Tudor, Neo-Gothic or
Grecian-Spanish style or architecture.
 Most of the styling have been modified to cater to use
local resources and the acclimatized to the local climate,
which is hot and humid all year around.
KL TOWER KL NATIONAL LIBRARY
MERDEKA SQUARE ( DATARAN MERDEKA )
SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING
MASJID JAMEK
KL RAILWAY STATION KL RAILWAY HQ
PETRONAS
TWIN TOWERS
-88 STOREY

-HIGHEST IN

1996
SINGAPORE
 THE “LION CITY”
 DIVERSED
RELIGION
THE FULLERTON HOTEL
ESPLANADE “ THE DURIAN” “ THE BIG
DURIAN” (2002)
SHOP HOUSES
RENOVATED SHOP HOUSES
The Marina Bay Sands
Gardens by the Bay
 INDONESIA- animism; Hindu- Buddhist
Belief
 Later came Islam from India

 BALI- still practice ancestral spirit cults and

Hindu-Buddhist
 – volcanic rock, wood/ timber
BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND
PROCESSES
 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
 Architecture is mainly associated with
religion and is more remarkable for its
symbolism than for its technological
innovations
 Stupas, palaces and meeting halls
 Stupa – ring construction with earth core
suppport
 NW of Indian sub-continent- influence of
Mediterranean civilization
 Early Jain Temples – rock cut caves
 Later Jain – roof with flat domes
 Hindu Temples – sculptural in character than
architectonic
 Afghanistan – cupola roofs
 Arched squinches, lantern roof, coffered
domes, elaborate system of hexagons and
triangles to a central octagon
 Timber construction
 Simple framed to a strutted techniques in

conjuction with bricks

 Indonesia and Malay Archipelago
 Hindo-Indonesian and Buddhist-Indonesian
features
 Indian influences
 Native Indonesian tradition
Borubodur, Java, Indonesia
Candi, Java, Indonesia
East Kalimantan