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Tag: heritage tour
Dwellings Designed to Sway
What do you call a kingdom cut half by a river?
18th century Kuala Kangsar found a simple solution; call one side Kota Lama Kanan and the other Kota Lama Kiri. With the palace and commercial district on the left, Kota Lama Kiri eventually outgrown Kanan and was uptown “Beverly Hills” for local rich and famous [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2008 under Architecture - Rural.
Tags: architect, architecture, culture, green living, heritage, heritage tour, homestay, Malaysian, sustainable living
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Malaysian Architecture - Nyonya Chinese Peranakan Shop Houses
Modernity is a sword that slices both ways – its wielder sometime gets cut too.
On 2000’s New Year’s Day, streets like Penang’s Lebuh Chulia saw rental shot from RM300 to RM4000 overnight, pulling the rugs under tenants’ feet causing them to flee by the thousands, leaving old buildings and shop houses unattended till today. What [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Architecture - Urban.
Tags: heritage tour, history, Malaysian, Penang, Peranakan, Peranakan Cina
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