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PAM Building
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1903, Loke Chow Kit built this townhouse and suite of offices then known as
Loke Hall. It was believed that AK Moosdeen was the architect.
In 1908, Loke Hall was taken over by a group of Europeans who converted the
mansion into the Empire Hotel. Later, the building became known as the Peninsula
Hotel. The hotel was a favourite meeting place with planters, industrialists
and local members of the great trading houses.
Thereafter, the building was left unoccupied until 1973, when Pertubuhan Akitek
Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Architects) became the tenant. PAM renovated
and restored the building for use as a Building Centre and Secretariat.
The building consists of a main house and an annexe. The mansion is reminiscent
of a European-style villa. Symmetrical in design, it has a central entrance
portico leading to a inner two-storey courtyard.
The annexe, which was one of five units of townhouses designed as a block, has
a matching style. Ornate balcony terraces, made of decorative wrought iron,
adorn the building. Notice the elaborate artwork on the Dutch gable ends and
on the front façade
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Digital Art & Culture Festival 2011,
15 to 17 July 2011 in Suffolk House, Penang
"Warisan Kertas 2011" Exhibition Extended to 30 September 2011
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