{"id":3939,"date":"2018-01-11T09:07:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T01:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2018-01-11T09:07:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T01:07:10","slug":"31-architectural-students-from-ku-visits-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/31-architectural-students-from-ku-visits-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"31 architectural students from KU visits Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JOHOR BAHRU<\/strong>, 3 January 2018-\u00a0 About 31 architectural students and two faculty members from Kansas University (KU) Lawrence, United States of America have participated in Malaysia Architectural Study Tour 2018 organized by Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).<\/p>\n<p>The delegation which led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kapila Silva will be staying in Malaysia for seven days and six nights starting from 3rd January 2018 to 9th January 2018 visiting state of Johor, Selangor,Perak and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>Programme Leader for Malaysia Architectural Study Tour 2018, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gurupiah Mursib said that the tour is part of Kansas University Study Abroad Programme which involves three countries namely Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for tour in Malaysia, ISI has prepared a \u2018short and sweet\u2019 seven days and six nights programme that covers the three above mentioned states.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32817\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32817\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/926\/files\/2018\/01\/ku1-551x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"367\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assoc. Prof. Gurupiah Mursib (most left in the front row) and Ar. Razin Mahmood (second right on the front) after the lucheon visit by KU students at Denai House in Johor Bahru.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cExcusion includes architecture that is award winning and iconic to the traditional.\u00a0 Among highlights are Petronas Twin Tower Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Mesiniaga Tower, The Troika, Tha Capers and Universiti Teknologi Petronas,\u201d said Assoc Prof. Gurupiah.<\/p>\n<p>Also visited were Arc Rimbayu, National Mosque, Bamboo Playhouse, Lantern Hotel, OBYU Tower, PAM Centre, Penghulu Seman House, Badan Warisan and many more. Other significant places in the visit list are Lake Garden, China Town and Batu Caves.<\/p>\n<p>The tour also features Malaysia\u2019s prominenet regionalist architect, Ar. Jimmy Lim who will share his \u2018Tropical Laboratory\u2019 and the implementation in regionally rooted contemporary houses.<\/p>\n<p>A welcoming luncheon was held in Denai house of Ar. Razin Mahmood in Johor Bahru today. The warm ceremony was also attended by Dean Faculty of Built Environment, Prof. Dr. Mohd Hamdan Hj. Ahmad, Head of Architecture Department, Dr. Abdul Halim Hussein and ISI Executive Director, Assoc.\u00a0Prof Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32818\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32818 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/926\/files\/2018\/01\/ku2-551x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"367\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ar. Razin Mahmood giving a briefing about Malaysian architecture to the visiting KU architectural students at Denai House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.utm.my\/2018\/01\/31-architectural-studens-from-ku-visits-malaysia\/\">31 architectural students from KU visits Malaysia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHOR BAHRU, 3 January 2018-\u00a0 About 31 architectural students and two faculty members from Kansas University (KU) Lawrence, United States of America have participated in Malaysia Architectural Study Tour 2018 organized by Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The delegation which led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kapila Silva will be staying in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3942,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3939\/revisions\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}