Public buildings in the Western Classical style
Not strictly Classical, this form of an eloborate pediment is often used to give emphasis to the roof line.
Classicism in architecture refers to ancient Greek and Roman designs used in temples, theatres and other civic buildings. In Europe, the movement generally referred to as Neoclassicism began in the 1750s as a reaction against the excessive decorative styles of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Many of the public buildings in Malaysia, commissioned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the British colonialists, emulated the Neoclassical style prevalent in England at that time.
- Information in the full article includes
- The Palladian movement
- Cross-boundary classicism