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The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems
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The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems

by George Baird
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 59m
English
Taylor & Francis
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Chapter 18Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia

 

 

The final case study takes us almost back to our starting point in Singapore, to the island of Penang, which lies just off the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. Menara UMNO is a 21-storey, 16 700m2 floor area, commercial development in Georgetown, the capital of the state of Penang.

Situated on a 1920m2 site at the junction of Jalan Macalister and Jalan Zainal Abidin in a predominantly shop house district (Figure 18.1), it is some 500m west of the 50-storey KOMTAR Tower with its surrounding department stores. Menara UMNO's podium contains a banking hall, an auditorium and several levels of parking, and is surmounted by 14 levels of office space. Construction was completed in December 1997. ‘Menara’ ...

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