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    History of Malaysia, Singapore

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    The architecture of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia has been influenced by various traditions over time. In Malaysia, colonial influences are blended with Asian, Malay Islamic, modern, and postmodern styles. Singapore's architecture shows its diverse religious history and includes colonial, shophouse, and modern high-rise styles. Indonesian architecture has roots in animism, Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, and later Islamic influences, seen in styles ranging from volcanic rock structures in Bali to Indian-influenced temples elsewhere in the region.

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    The architecture of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia has been influenced by various traditions over time. In Malaysia, colonial influences are blended with Asian, Malay Islamic, modern, and postmodern styles. Singapore's architecture shows its diverse religious history and includes colonial, shophouse, and modern high-rise styles. Indonesian architecture has roots in animism, Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, and later Islamic influences, seen in styles ranging from volcanic rock structures in Bali to Indian-influenced temples elsewhere in the region.

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    The architecture of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia has been influenced by various traditions over time. In Malaysia, colonial influences are blended with Asian, Malay Islamic, modern, and postmodern styles. Singapore's architecture shows its diverse religious history and includes colonial, shophouse, and modern high-rise styles. Indonesian architecture has roots in animism, Hindu-Buddhist beliefs, and later Islamic influences, seen in styles ranging from volcanic rock structures in Bali to Indian-influenced temples elsewhere in the region.

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    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

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