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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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