Jom! Take pics of those chic buildings built in the 50's ,60's and 70's - short , tall...nevermind! KL, Penang, JB..everywhere!

Lemme start with my fave one in Bangsar! But dunno the name!
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl1.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl2.jpg


This one @ Big India
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl3.jpg


Sze> post the hospital building..the one you say got the MRI system where Auckland only has one

One Persiaran Gurney
one of the first high-rises in Gurney Drive (i dunno when was it built)

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/6619One_Pesiaran_Gurney_1_.jpeg?568

more to come:D

It seems that the looks built last time was much better..i mean now..even the condos in Mon't Kiara you can see buldging cement lines that divides each floor.. and the surface looks rather blemishy..tacky
One Persiaran Gurney looks smooth :cool:

See what I meant?
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/lineskiara1.jpg

See what I meant?
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/lineskiara1.jpg

yeah. some of those lines cracks?? looks like they've patch it up before

other lines are not so obvious

Wisma Peladang
http://www.skk.com.my/images/wp_bg.jpg

1st high rise in Gurney Drive
http://www.meadforge.net/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=41

http://www.skk.com.my/images/wp_bg.jpg

Hey, isn't Wisma Peladang being converted into a 3-star hotel by the Piccolo Mondo group? What is the work progress so far?

What i see is that the Piccolo Mondo restaurant has been "upgraded" to La Opera... But the building still looks as it is above...

http://img39.photobucket.com/albums/v121/PabloFa/DSCN5448.jpg

Cool thread!

ugly or not, the 60s and 70s certainly produced one-of-a-kind designs.

This building looks like its inspired by disco :D
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl2.jpg

Cool thread!

ugly or not, the 60s and 70s certainly produced one-of-a-kind designs.

This building looks like its inspired by disco :D
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl2.jpg

Thanks! And I have yet to find out what it is actually! :)

A building in around Bangsar
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/bangsar1.jpg

KL taken in 1955
Dunno which area :?
http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/3356045.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=1E3A117013E744910A2A26BD9C60D7DF

KL's answer to Moulmein Rise in Singapore :D

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg

Old flats around Bukit Bintang
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt2.jpg

pics above fixed ;)

Sri Bangsar - built in late 70's
One of it's kind!
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/bangsar.jpg

Look so fat. I mean really FAT!!!

So what are you guys trying to do here? Bring on and celebrate a revival of 1970s buildings? :?

Yeah..that was the intention of this thread originally ;)

Sri Bangsar - built in late 70's
One of it's kind!
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/bangsar.jpg


I tot Sri Bangsar is a product of the 80s :?

Same goes with Menara Bangsar........

O come on, szehoong! 70s, 80s -- who cares? Mainly crappy architecture either way, give or take the occasional (and VERY exceptional) gem! ;)

I tot Sri Bangsar is a product of the 80s :?

Same goes with Menara Bangsar........

how old to be considered retro?? 80's dun count??

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg
brutalism YUK:puke:

O come on, szehoong! 70s, 80s -- who cares? Mainly crappy architecture either way, give or take the occasional (and VERY exceptional) gem! ;)


haha.....yea.......architecture sucks big time during those period. well.....we need to be a bit precise here as I wouldn't want this to be turned into another 'ugly architecture' thread......:D

Hitz.Fm catagorize Retro as songs before 2000..some say during the 70's..some say 60's also can..so just consider those built before 80's lor..btw, Sri Bangsar was built in 1978..I forgot the source though! :bash:

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg
brutalism YUK:puke:


Actually this building could looked very nice if given the right treatment :okay:

Actually this building could looked very nice if given the right treatment :okay:
old buildings... look likt hong kong old time goverment flat

Actually this building could looked very nice if given the right treatment :okay:

low chance for that, IMO. i didn't like that kind of style in the first place

That style actually look very nice..lovely capsules ;)

Somemore

In Bangsar
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retroklbangsar1.jpg

Angkasapuri! Once a great KL Landmark :nocrook:
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/angkasaretor.jpg

That style actually look very nice..lovely capsules ;)



i've yet to see a nice building in that style:(

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retroklbangsar1.jpg
this one looks like miami:D

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retromay.jpg

A pic I found

KEE HUAT RADIO SDN BHD
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/28934608.jpg

Hotel Malaya
http://www.lunanbay.com/rtw/journal/DSC00793.JPG

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg

wow~ look like unite D'Habittation in Marseille, France~ well... if they give this baby a good make-up~ :D

very 70's view

http://www.bartschi.com/reisen/bilder/malaysia/kuala_lumpur/Kuala_Lumpur_street.jpg

^^ nice photo:)

only thing that misses in the photo is Baqthier in 70s-style disco clothing..and walking around in KL..that would look awesome :cool: :) :D

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg

wow~ look like unite D'Habittation in Marseille, France~ well... if they give this baby a good make-up~ :D

I remember visiting my High School English Teacher who lived with her family in one of these low cost flats....boy, *shakes head*...I remember thinking that people should not need to live like this. The flats are super cramped, dirty, maintainence is probably nil and to top it off, crime rates are certainly not low around the area.....sometimes I wonder whether we should place all these low cost flats under some central maintainence authority and thus clean them all up so people have some semblance of dignity.

The other grouse I had was the low pay of teachers....but that's another story....

Hehe the pics of apartments in Bangsar look abit like those in HK's Central/ Mid Level/ Robinson Rd... though those in HK are much taller... good pics!

Shah Alam's Tallest for years

http://files.photojerk.com/baqthier/brutalshah1.JPG

this building is said to be once penang's tallest??
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/ywt/BangunanTuankuSyedPutra1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/ywt/BangunanTuankuSyedPutra2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/ywt/BangunanTuankuSyedPutra3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/ywt/BangunanDewanPerniagaanMelayu1.jpg

Thanks for da pics guys..;)..Some still remain maintenance, but some extreamly :ohno::(

Menara Patriot in KL! VERY BRUTAL!

http://www.sauna.org/loyly/se-asia/malaysia/c24.jpg

Typical retro JKR architecture

http://img229.exs.cx/img229/1109/retjkr9xb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Menara Patriot is Brutalism?? looks so neat....

wah..Brutalism is when concrete overpowers other facades of the building! Something like OCBC Singapore

wah..Brutalism is when concrete overpowers other facades of the building! Something like OCBC Singapore

it is?? i thought brutalism is buildings that has some parts jutting out??

if that's so, then KOMTAR is also brutalism??

Refer to this thread ;)

http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/Brutalist.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Brutalist-architecture

Refer to this thread ;)

http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/Brutalist.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Brutalist-architecture


damn!! architecture styles are so complitated.....

A brutal gov't complex

http://www.hohup.net/images/complex2&3.jpg

Lets Agogo in Ipoh!

http://psuk-yabmb.perak.gov.my/Baiduri/INDERA%20MULIA2.jpg

Malayan Bank Chambers, Singapore (reclad 1965):
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980002917-8262-3202-1098/img0087.jpg

Originally Whiteway Laidlaw Building, 1910:
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005504-8073-3222-4710/img0053.jpg

KL's answer to Moulmein Rise in Singapore :D

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/klbkt1.jpg


LOL very similar but this one needs a facial! :lol:

Very cool thread

some buildings make me cringe, but some are unique and very retro, like the Angkasapuri :cool:

Menara Patriot in KL! VERY BRUTAL!

http://www.sauna.org/loyly/se-asia/malaysia/c24.jpg

OMG, child of OCBC Centre and Pickering Operations Complex!:D

http://www.usj.com.my/gallery/albums/fRaNkYS-ALBUM/KL4.jpg

Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra given a new coat of paint

before
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/1888/bangunantuankusyedputra12gu.jpg

after
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3415/bangunantuankusyedputra43dv.jpg

WOW! Much better! Like Le Habitat!

Somehow there's this charm of 1950s buildings, all the fins and sunshades. Big jump from Art Deco of 1940s.

hmm... i kinda hate the buildings built between 50s and early 80s... most of them look boring