Identity, tradition and the city: Dichotomies and realities of creating an Urban language of the Malay palace

• Main Authors: Raja Abdul Kadir, Tengku Anis Qarihah, Jahnkassim, Puteri Shireen, Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2018
• Subjects: NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/66175/1/66175%20Identity%2C%20tradition%20and%20the%20city.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66175/2/66175%20Identity%2C%20tradition%20and%20the%20city%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66175/; http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/430/350

This paper highlights a case study, its critical issues and the processes encountered in the evolution and development of its urbanised grammar. In deriving a localised language in which traditional forms are fused and transmuted into masonry architecture, the case study of the "Istana Negar...