TheABHubbackProject
When AB Hubback resigned from KL Sanitary Board
AB Hubback's appointment as the FMS Government Architect in 1911 also saw him as an Unofficial Member of Sanitary Board Kuala Lumpur....
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TheABHubbackProject
- Jun 27, 2021
- 8 min
Not by Hubback: Istana Mahkota Puri, Klang
Sultan Abdul Samad may have declined the 'Istana' offered to him on Bukit Nanas in preference for Jugra, but apparently some time in...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Day by Day
Article extracted from The Malay Mail, 16 March 1904 Much has been done of late to improve the town of Kuala Lumpur and make it worthy of...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
The Foundation Stone of Masjid Jamek
Built into a column near the entrance of Masjid Jamek's main prayer hall is the building's foundation stone, an engraved white marble...
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TheABHubbackProject
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
How much was $1 in £?
Between the 1880s and 1967, official currencies used by the Selangor State Government were initially a variety of silver dollars; Mexican...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
NOT BY HUBBACK: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE KUALA LUMPUR
No one knows who designed Kuala Lumpur’s Government Printing Office. Guide books have credited Arthur Charles Alfred Norman as the...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 13, 2020
- 5 min
Letters from Lieut-Col. A.B Hubback
A.B Hubback was on a voyage to England with his family when World War I officially begun on 28 July 1914. Upon arrival in August 1914, he...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
New Government Offices: Spatial Usage in 1897
If you've ever wondered how the 'New Government Offices' (Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad) was used when it was just completed in April 1897,...
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TheABHubbackProject
- May 2, 2020
- 1 min
Site Proposed for the FMS Survey Office Building in 1908
In 1908, before the FMS Survey Office project at Java Street was given a go ahead, another site opposite the Sanitary Board was put into...
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TheABHubbackProject
- Apr 19, 2020
- 4 min
Architect Thomas Steele
Some of A.B Hubback’s design schemes were completed only after the First World War. He had decided to stay on in the UK, and so his...
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TheABHubbackProject
- Apr 20, 2018
- 1 min
KL High 1897-2017
Hubback's work also made an impact on KL's skyline. The Government Office on Jalan Raja (Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad), with its clock...
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TheABHubbackProject
- Jan 21, 2018
- 3 min
Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur: The 1893 Proposal
Kuala Lumpur history buffs would know of the Neo Classical design proposals that preceded the present Saracenic/Mughal-eclectic styled...
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