NATURE, PRESERVED
Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia’s decision to not award gold medals for any projects submitted for its annual awards as of 2016 sent an unequivocal message to the profession. The judges noted that they had “looked not only at the design of the buildings, but also how the architecture responded to the surrounding environment and Malaysian climate” – and none of them met their expectations.
The stalemate was broken the next year by CY Chan Architect, with a private residence called Twinkle Villa in Tanarimba, Janda Baik, Pahang. This is the second time the villa has been named Building of the Year,
