Renaissance place
It would have been too easy for APW (formerly known as Art Printing Works Sdn Bhd) to yield to the steady march of progress.
Growing the Dusun
Hidden in the jungles of Pantai, Negeri Sembilan is the Dusun (Orchard), a collection of seven homes amid a durian plantation.
Swept by tides of change
History has it that when miners from China sailed up the Klang River searching for tin in 1857, they anchored at the confluence of the Klang River and Gombak River as it was the furthest point up the Klang River that could accommodate supply boats.
Where lost artists gather
“We did not choose the building, the building chose us,” says Liza Ho, one-half of the duo who co-founded and manage the Zhongshan Building, a row of three 4-storey shophouses tucked away in a leafy cluster of low-rise buildings at Kampung Attap.
Feels like home
It is easy to mistake Mansion 1969, perched on the side of the South Klang Valley Expressway’s Telok Panglima Garang exit in Jenjarom, for one of the old village’s rural houses complete with zinc roofs and aged plank wood walls.
Bringing its heritage to the fore
“Wait, are you sure this flat white is only RM6?” we ask.
Revived and thriving
Few things are arguably more relaxing than sipping a morning coffee at one of the cafes at Kong Heng Square, while contemplating the beams of sunlight that filter gently through the leaves of the plants that grow along the old main wall of the square.
Life in lines and paint
While strolling along Jalan Sultan in Kuala Lumpur one fine morning in 2014, Andrew Siew chanced upon a man who was sketching in the company of three like-minded tourists.
