Reinventing Traditional Malay House for Sustainable Housing Design: Obstacle and Proposed Solution

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, S.H, Liew, A.A.H, Nawi, M.N.M, Yusoff, M. N
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10722/1/NO%20103%20Reinventing%20traditional%20malay%20house%20for%20sustainable%20housing%20design%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10722/; https://scholar.google.com.my/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=BiuenpYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=BiuenpYAAAAJ:hqOjcs7Dif8C

Traditional Malay House design has the key of energy efficiency dwelling to create a sustainable housing. Today, modern houses are massively built replacing the Malaysia’s heritage house. Despite of this rapid development, the owners are aware on the drawback of this type of houses. Therefore, thi...