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• MUGHAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN COLONIAL BUILDINGS IN MALAYA: THE ROLES OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS

  Asif Ali ( School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA and Architecture Section, University Polytechnic of Aligarh Muslim University, INDIA),
  Ahmad Sanusi Hassan( School of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA ).
  

  Disciplinary: Architecture, History Studies.

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  DOI: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2020.205

  Keywords: Mughal architecture; Neoclassical style; Architectural transition; Colonial architects; Architectural history; British Malaya; Malaysian architecture; Indo-Saracenic.

  Abstract
  The British architects during the colonial time had adopted and contributed to the Mughal architectural style in their building design in Malaya. A historical investigation has been analyzed for the role of the British architects integrating Mughal styles when working at the Public Works Department in British India and later in British Malaya during their services. A historical description is formulated using a content-analysis method to narrate the research survey and analysis. The finding shows that the involvement of British architects and engineers in the design of public buildings was one of the primary factors for the Mughal architectural route to the image of British Malaya. The results illustrate that Mughal architectural elements were deliberately incorporated into the local architecture. The British architects had a fascination with Mughal architecture and presuming British East Indian Company as a successor of the Mughal Empire were the two reasons for choosing a mixture of British and Mughal architecture as a hybrid symbol of the empire. This study is conducted to fill a gap in the existing literature on the subject of Mughal style and its influence on present Malaysian architecture.
  
  

  Paper ID: 11A11A

  Cite this article:

  Ali, A., Hassan, A.S. (2020). MUGHAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN COLONIAL BUILDINGS IN MALAYA: THE ROLES OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11(11), 11A11A, 1-9.