Sultan Abdul Samad Building

The story behind the place

Completed in 1897, the Sultan Abdul Samad Building housed government administration during British colonial rule. Its long brick frontage combines horseshoe-shaped arches, domed pavilions and a clock tower about 41 metres high. Those forms made an official institution highly visible in the city. The present exterior also invites a reading of colonial power, rather than a simple celebration of ornament.

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