Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Malay House model

Malay houses are disappearing under concrete.  But some individuals are keeping the style alive.  This lovely house is just outside Balik Pulau on Penang island.

Even to the extent of keeping the traditional methods of construction.  No nails.  This one is on Langkawi.

A Perak house,  also on Langkawi. Each state or region has it's own style,  based upon a common structure. 

In some early 20th contury houses you can see a fusion of Malay, British Indian colonial style.  So what to model?  Think I will go back to the basic Malay house of the type you could have seen in Penang.

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