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The Rainforest Residence / Choo Gim Wah Architect

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

From monumental infrastructure to poetic architecture, off-form concrete has long served as architecture's most versatile medium that is equally capable of structural boldness and delicate refinement. In Malaysia's tropical context, this versatile medium finds new expression in The Rainforest Residence, where the materiality transcends its Brutalist roots to achieve a synthesis of permanence and permeability.

Smolhaven House / Choo Gim Wah Architect

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:00:00 +0000

The one-and-a-half storey, 1600-sq-ft abode adopts the stance of a hillside cabin albeit without the steep inclines and overt vernacular overtones. Its modernist rectilinear form is stilted like a traditional Malay kampung house, and immense two-tier platform thrusts over lawned terraces in frozen inertia. A corresponding pitched roof, with its 3.5-metre cantilever, enhances that captured movement to create the cabin’s dynamic silhouette.

Canvas Hill Residence / Choo Gim Wah Architect

Hana Abdel — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:00:00 +0000

The Canvas Hill Residence, its name, a combination of a painter’s medium and the sloping Janda Baik site, reflects the spirit of the homeowner – a renowned local artist – that on many levels intuits its use and genius loci within a modern yet traditional-infused architectural proposition.

The Deck House / Choo Gim Wah Architect

Gracia Vera — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Deck House is a 2-1/2 storey house located in the lush greenery of the Janda Baik forest, at the foothill of Genting Highlands. This house consists of 3 bedrooms, 3 baths with approximately 370m2. of enclosed and outdoor area.