50 Wonders | Haziq Ariffin: Salinger House, Malaysia
2021-05-06T06:00:00
As our anniversary series continues, Building Design’s Architect of the Year, Mica, nominates architectural assistant Haziq Ariffin to pick his Wonder
Wonder: Salinger House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1992
Architect: Jimmy Lim
Nominator: Haziq Ariffin, Mica
When I was an architecture student in Malaysia I often aspired to reinterpret traditional building methods and philosophies in my designs. I had a vague idea of the vernacular I was looking for but it really crystallised after visiting a residential project by Jimmy Lim. That visit prompted me to look further and that was when I stumbled on his Salinger House.
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