01 Dialogue House, Malaysia by Architron

A lot of people say that there are not so much of commendable contemporary architecture back home, Malaysia. That includes me. We see a lot of bad things as oppose to the good ones. I guess, thats the common nature of man.

By commendable I mean, an architecture that is more responsive of our own culture, climate, heritage and so forth while embracing modernism, instead of buildings that makes reference to the west, or even middle east in the case of Islamic architecture.

So, after a few years of criticizing local architecture, I think there are much to see and appreciate. Though not much, there are some instances of appreciation towards a more regional approach on architecture. Thanks to a subject called Asian Urbanism that I enrolled in at RMIT, I came to know about Architron.


"A single family house facing a golf course. The owners require a segregation of private life and public entertaining, the house therefore forms 2 “wings” along a central atrium space, resembling an internal garden and facing the golf course, as if the course entered the inner space of the home. One side of the garden is private, the other dedicated to social gatherings."

A lecturer once said, the house tries to evoke an image of vernacular, and the bright colours signifies the colorfulness of the local architecture. Or something like that.

Whatever it tries to do, it has definitely shaken the typical form of architecture in Malaysia, taking into consideration the climate (especially with the atrium space), and more importantly, making appearances in international magazines.

With that, I think I'll start compiling precedent architectural projects and post it here for future references.