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Civic · Historic precedent

Sultan Abdul Samad Building

A. C. Norman, R. A. J. Bidwell and A. B. Hubback · Kuala Lumpur, MY · 1897

Key features41 m clock tower in the Indo-Saracenic manner, with copper-clad onion domes on three towers.

Architect
A. C. Norman, R. A. J. Bidwell and A. B. Hubback
Place
Kuala Lumpur, MY
Year
1897
Typology
Civic
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Southeast Asia
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