Country Malaysia Completed September 1963 Inaugurated 21 November 1963 Renovated February 2004 | Groundbreaking December 1959 Opened September 1963 Architectural style Modernism Construction started September 1962 | |
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Type Federal Government Legislative Building Floor count Tower building:12Building:3 Similar National Monument, Lake Gardens - Kuala Lu, National Mosque of Malaysia, National Museum, Sultan Abdul Samad B | ||
The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is a building complex where the Malaysian Parliament assembles. The structure is located at the Lake Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, close to the Malaysian National Monument.
Contents
- Map of Malaysian Houses of Parliament Taman Duta 50480 Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Description
- Construction
- In culture
- References
Map of Malaysian Houses of Parliament, Taman Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Description
The complex comprises two parts, a 3-story main building and a 20-story 77 metre tall tower. The main building hosts the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) and the Dewan Negara (Senate) while representatives' offices are located in the tower.
The complex was constructed during the period when the federal government was based in Kuala Lumpur. While the vast majority of government operations has moved to Putrajaya since the late-1990s, the parliament continues to convene at Kuala Lumpur's parliament house.
Construction
Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Malayan Prime Minister, suggested the construction of the Houses of Parliament in December 1959. The construction of the building cost RM18 million. Designed by Ivor Shipley, a British architect in the Public Works Department, the construction commenced in September 1962, and the opening of the new Parliament building was officiated by Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on November 21, 1963. Tunku Abdul Rahman's statue was erected near the parliament square on 1971. The statue was designed by an American sculptor, Felix de Weldon who also designed the Malaysian National Monument.
In culture
The buildings have only weakly represented Malaysian government to the world, but are symbolic as that in Malaysia. The building has also been prominently featured on reverse of the first series sen coins and the first and second series M$1,000 banknotes.