Malaysian architecture

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Chapters: Art Deco buildings in Malaysia, Buildings and structures in Malaysia, Malaysian architects, Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture, Rumah Gadang, Ken Yeang, Long house, Shophouse, Architecture of Kuala Lumpur, National Grid, Architecture of Penang, Hawker centre, Malay houses, Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian National Projects, Coliseum Theatre, Penang Masonic Temple, Five foot way, Sultan Sulaiman Mosque, Kelong, Black and white bungalow, Java-Malay, Attap dwelling, List of Malaysian architects. Excerpt: The Indo-Saracenic Revival (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, Hindoo or Hindu-Gothic) was an architectural style movement by British architects in the late 19th century in British India. It drew elements from native Indo-Islamic and Indian architecture, and combined it with the Gothic revival and Neo-Classical styles favoured in Victorian Britain. The style gained momentum in the west with the publication of the various views of India by William Hodges and the Daniell duo, (William Daniell and his uncle Thomas Daniell) from about 1795. Confluence of different architectural styles had been attempted before during the Sultanate and Mughal periods. The conquest of India by the Muslims introduced new concepts in the already rich architecture of India. The prevailing style of architecture was trabeate, employing pillars, beams and lintels. The Muslims brought in the arcuate style of construction, with its arches and beams, which flourished under Mughal patronage and by incorporating elements of Indian architecture, especially Rajasthani Temple architecture Local influences also lead to different 'orders' of the Indo-islamic style. After the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate, rulers of individual states established their own rule and hence their own architectural styles, which was heavily influenced by local styles. Examples of these are the 'Bengal' and the 'Gujarat' schools. Motifs such as chhajja (A sunshade or eave laid on cantilever brackets fixed into and projecting from the walls), corbel brackets with richly carved pendentive decorations (described as stalactite pedentives), balconies, kiosks or chhatris and minars (tall towers) were characteristic of the Mughal architecture style, which was to become a lasting legacy of the nearly four hundred years of the Mughal rule. The Mughal style was conceived by Akbar the Great, the third mughal emperor and also the architect of the Mughal empire. This 'Akbari' Style was an amalgam of earlier Timuri