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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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Jun 27, 20218 min read
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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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May 23, 20204 min read
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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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May 3, 20201 min read
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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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May 2, 20201 min read
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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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Apr 19, 20204 min read
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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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Jan 21, 20183 min read
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