Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia

• Main Author: Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: NA Architecture; TH9025 Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/1/Paper_on_Fire_Safety_Management_for_Heritage_Blgs-A_Case_Study_in_Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/

In Malaysia, there are few heritage buildings with an architectural and historical significance that may classified into several categories, namely traditional timber Malay houses, pre-world war shop-houses, colonial office buildings, institutional buildings and religious buildings. Many of them are...