Recent Malaysian architecture van P Goad
Fotografie by Patrick Bingham-Hall
Malaysian institute of architecture
9781877015199

Hardcover, 2007, 159 blz. zo goed als nieuw
Recent Malaysian Architecture examines the most interesting and significant buildings designed in the last decade, as Malaysian architects now focus on responsibility and sustainability, in comparison with their newly emerging neighbours in Southeast Asia, India and China. The final nationalistic `mega-projects' of the 1990s provide a starting point, with progress then charted through the switch to a more localized craft-based architecture, and to the ever-increasing demand for affluent middle-class housing. Of particular interest is the reawakening interest in Malaysia's architectural heritage, and the conscientious attention given to the conservation and adaptive re-use of historic buildings.