Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Greek/ classical of Egyption culture in Malaysia

 A building in Kuala Lumpur. It uses the relief design techniques on the surface of the building, like what the  ancient Egyptian and the Greek done before.  Furthermore, we can see that the relief not only on the surface of the wall but also the pillar as well. The building looks old but with the relief on it, it looks more classic, not only a normal old building.

This is a building in Penang. The pillars of the building consist of the culture from Greece. From my opinion, I think that the pillars look similar with the building "Greece Athens Acropolis". The structure of the pillars are from narrow till the end of it then slowly become wider, not shape like a normal straight pillar. These pillars make the building looks more gorgeous and solemn too.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad Building in Kuala Lumpur. Like the picture above, the pillars in this building give me the feeling of Greece culture. They uses these pillars instead of the normal one to make it looks more classical and its well functioned to support the building.

This is the Sunway Pyramid in Petaling Jaya. We can clearly see that it has the structure of the pyramid and also the sphinx in front of it. This sphinx is different with the Egypt one, instead of a human face, this sphinx is with a lion face. This structure abstract people's attention easily and make it easier to find it. Now it also became a landmark in Petaling Jaya.

Thsi is the KL railway station. From the outlook of the building, it is hard to imagine that this is a railway station. The railway station looks classic and gorgeous, with the use of those pillars and the unique design. There are a lot of pillars in the building, with different sizes. At the top of the building, there still have something look like a tower, made by the pillars to support the spire. This design is excellent.

1 comment:

  1. Look up the KL railway station, which was built during the British colonial era. What is the period of architecture, and cultures that it is drawn from?

    What is the style of pillar of the second image to the top? Which Greeek 'order' are they of the ones I showed in class?

    What is Kitsch? Are these examples of kitsch?

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