Climatic impact on urban heritage building : case study on a British colonial residence : JKR 989 in Kuala Lumpur / Tiew Si Yee

• Main Author: Tiew, Si Yee
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: NA Architecture; TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/1/front_title.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/2/00_front_page.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/3/01_chap_1a.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/4/02_chap_2.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/5/03_chap_3_rev.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/6/04_chap_4.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/7/05_chap_5a_(Repaired).pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/8/06_chap_6a.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/9/07_chap_7a.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/10/08_References.pdf; http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Climatic+impact+on+urban+heritage+building&te=; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3598/

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