page_title: Malay house
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Malay house / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Boy looking out of a traditional Malay kampung house window in Sri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
context_page_description: Malay houses are traditional dwellings, originating before the arrival of foreign or modern influences, and constructed by the indigenous ethnic Malay of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
  Traditional architectural forms, such as tropically-suited roofs and harmonious proportions with decorative elements are considered by traditionalists to still have relevance. However traditional buildings require significant maintenance compared to modern construction; how to preserve wooden materials from the decaying effect of tropical weather as well as termite problems. These traditional skills are gradually being lost as Malaysia continues its process of industrialisation, while in Indonesia traditional houses have still survived in rural areas. The effort to preserve indigenous architectural styles of Indonesian archipelago has been conducted through documentation and create replicas in provinces pavilions in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta.
context_section_description: Traditional timber houses incorporated design principals relevant in contemporary architecture such as shading and ventilation, qualities present in the basic house features. Although Malay houses have diversity of styles according to each states, provinces, and sub-ethnics, there are common style and similarities shared among them: 
  Built on stilts
  Have stairs
  Partitioned rooms
  Vernacular roof
  Adorned with decoration
caption: A typical window of a Malay house with slanted wooden panels that can be adjusted for ventilation.
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