The Penang House: Rise of the Malaysian Architect 1887–2017

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Jon Sun Hock Lim
2022. Entrepot
Hardcover with dustjacket. 24.8 cm x 24.8 cm, 272 pages
With colour photographs and architecture drawings
ISBN: 9789671700884

RM135.00

Was Penang the cradle of modern Malaysian architecture? Jon Lim takes the reader through over two centuries of architectural development in Penang to demonstrate that not only did it begin on the island, but it has influenced the direction of architecture throughout peninsula Malaysia to the present day. In this, his second volume, he details the rise of the local architects who broke away from their colonial mentors to develop their own distinctive designs. Profusely illustrated, it is equally a book for students of the architecture of the region and for general-interest readers alike.

Reviews

Lim elevates the architecture of the colonies, however experimental or hybrid, to a genre in its own right… His careful analysis…creates opportunities for making architectural histories meaningful to Asian students too often compelled to study decontextualised European styles.” – Anoma Pieris, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne

“Members of the academic and architectural fraternity, as well as the general reader, will find this book useful in charting the rise of the Malaysian architect and architecture in Penang, with its wider connotations for Malaysia as a whole.” – Datuk Ar. Ezumi Harzani Ismail – President, Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM, Malaysian Institute of Architects)

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The Penang House, Rise of the Malaysian Architect 1887-2017

Weight 2500 g
Dimensions 24.8 × 24.8 × 2.3 cm

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