sultan abdul samad building
Sultan Abdul Samad Building
What is Moorish Architecture? Moorish Architecture is a architecture common style in Spain from the 13th to the 16th centuries characterized by horseshoe arches, domes, Sawtooth-shaped arches, Ogee shaped arches and courtyard. The Sultan Abdul Samad, was designed by A.C.A. Norman known as Arthur Charles Alfred Norman. It was built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. The building was named from the reigning Sultan of Selangor. The purpose of this research paper is to analysis The Sultan Abdul Samad Building.
The Sultan Abdul Samad Building, located in front of the Dataran Merdeka, by Jalan Raja Kuala Lumpur. The building simply known as Government Offices in early Kuala Lumpur maps, housed the Federal Secretariat of the Federated Malay States, which was formed in 1896. The architecture, Arthur Charles Alfred Norman, was born in England in 1858, a senior government architecture of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Malaya between 1883 and 1903. On 6th October 1894, the Sultan Abdul Samad building was constructed under Charles Edwin Spooner as the State Engineer. However, A.C.A Norman constructed as the State Architect and R.A.J. Bidwell as the Assistant Architect.
From the Sultan Abdul Samad building, most of the opening spaces are from the arches. The are some types of arches that can mostly seen like Horseshoe Arches, Ogee Arches, and Four-Centered Arches that used to apply around the corridors and doorways of the building. The horseshoe arches, also known as a piece of iron shaped like a U shape with the ends of curving inwards nailed to the horse’s hoof to the bottom surface for protection of injured by hard and rough surfaces. However, the shape Ogee arches, characteristic of Gothic architecture, having an S-shaped curve on both sides that can be seen from the exterior of opening along the perimeter of the building to create interesting shadows on the floor
What is Moorish Architecture? Moorish Architecture is a architecture common style in Spain from the 13th to the 16th centuries characterized by horseshoe arches, domes, Sawtooth-shaped arches, Ogee shaped arches and courtyard. The Sultan Abdul Samad, was designed by A.C.A. Norman known as Arthur Charles Alfred Norman. It was built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. The building was named from the reigning Sultan of Selangor. The purpose of this research paper is to analysis The Sultan Abdul Samad Building.
The Sultan Abdul Samad Building, located in front of the Dataran Merdeka, by Jalan Raja Kuala Lumpur. The building simply known as Government Offices in early Kuala Lumpur maps, housed the Federal Secretariat of the Federated Malay States, which was formed in 1896. The architecture, Arthur Charles Alfred Norman, was born in England in 1858, a senior government architecture of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Malaya between 1883 and 1903. On 6th October 1894, the Sultan Abdul Samad building was constructed under Charles Edwin Spooner as the State Engineer. However, A.C.A Norman constructed as the State Architect and R.A.J. Bidwell as the Assistant Architect.
From the Sultan Abdul Samad building, most of the opening spaces are from the arches. The are some types of arches that can mostly seen like Horseshoe Arches, Ogee Arches, and Four-Centered Arches that used to apply around the corridors and doorways of the building. The horseshoe arches, also known as a piece of iron shaped like a U shape with the ends of curving inwards nailed to the horse’s hoof to the bottom surface for protection of injured by hard and rough surfaces. However, the shape Ogee arches, characteristic of Gothic architecture, having an S-shaped curve on both sides that can be seen from the exterior of opening along the perimeter of the building to create interesting shadows on the floor
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