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HIDD
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1. Malayan Railway Administration Building
2. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station
3. National Textile Museum
4. National History Museum
5. Sultan Abdul Samad Building
6. Royal Selangor Club
7. St Mary’s Cathedral
8. Old High Court Building
9. DBKL City Theatre
10. Jalan TuankuAbdul Rahman
MY JOURNEY IN KUALA LUMPUR
As the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur has a fascinating history combining Malay, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and colonial British influences.It indicated an end of the Federation of Malaya and of British colonial rule when Malaya gained independence from the British Empire in 1957 and formed Malaysia in 1963. Although British colonial rule which began in the early 1800s had end, it had left behind some impressive examples of colonial architecture mostly clustered around Kuala Lumpur’s Old City Centre.
Malay
Islamic Chinese
Indian
Colonial British influences
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MALAYAN RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Orthodox Greek designed spiral columns
Dome
Arched verandahs
Three-storeys structure that adopting Westernised vernacular designs with surrounding verandahs and Gothic designed arches of various widths. Four spiral columns of orthodox Greek design surround five domes that sit majestically atop the building.
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KUALA LUMPUR RAILWAY STATION
Chhatris
Minarets
Ogee arches
Roman columns
Emphasizing the glory of Moorish elegance; spires, minarets, towers, chhatris, ogee arches as well as horseshoe arches dominating the building. The main building is characterized by tall white classically proportioned Roman columns and detailed cornices.
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NATIONAL TEXTILE MUSEUM
Ogee arche
“Blood and bandages”
Chatri onion dome
Designed in Mughal-Islamic style architecture, the building can be seen with ogee arches and chatri onion domes. British innovations is added in the design which is “blood and bandages” ,signature design of A.B.Hubback and characterized by red-and-white stripes from alternating bare bricks and plastered ones
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NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM
The Moorish features and Islamic motifs of this building blend well with the neighbouringMogul buildings.
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SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING
Cornices and exterior trimmings
40m high clock tower
Shiny copper dome
The major landmark in the city is in Indo-Saracenic Revival style with shiny copper dome and a 40 meter high clock tower. Cornices and exterior trimmings of the structure are made of cement plaster with the surface depth achieved by careful arrangements of masonry brickwork. British and Islamic features are also added in.
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ROYAL SELANGOR CLUB
Mock-Tudor structure can be seen from the Dataran Merdeka. It is a small plank building with thatched roof as well as distinctive black and white facade
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ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL
Originally a simple timber building
Whitewashed structure
A beautiful whitewashed structure in Early English Gothic architecture style with stained glass windows, tasseled tile paving and buttresses.
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OLD HIGH COURT BUILDING
Towers topped with cupola with decorative buttresses around the base
Keyhole arches and ogee arches
The distinctive feature of this structure is the towers that are linked by verandahs with two different types of arches which is another typical traits of Mughal architecture.
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DBKL CITY THEATRE
Its façade which bears rich Mughal influences
Ogee arched verandah
Islamic influences
It is an elegant building with Mughal architectural-styled faade, ogee arched verandah as well as black color domes.
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JALAN TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN
Plaster scrolls and emblems
Cornice
Giant pilasters
Bay windows
The shophouses are mostly designed in Neo-Classical features. The highly decorative pediments punctuate the faade are supported by giant pilasters. Bay windows adorn the first floor and the block is unified by the cornice treatment. The plaster scrolls and emblems embellish the faade.
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