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KHOO KONGSI

Leong San Tong Khoo KongsiGeorgetown, Penang

Location

• Located in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

• Southwest of Georgetown

• Cannon Square

Historical Background

• Serves as a clan house for the Khoo family.• One of the Five Big Clans (Goh Tai Seh).• 1851, was a Anglo Malay style bungalow and

was convert it into a clan house.• Was burned down in 1894.• The clan temple was rebuilt in 1906.

StructureFaçade of the building

Design idea for the façade

Side viewCross section 1

Cross section 2

Building Layout (Floor plans)

Ground Floor First Floor

Interior

Entrance to Cheng Soon Keong Altar in the ancestral hall

Interior of Cheng Soon Keong

Surroundings Layout

Main entrance from Cannon Street

Opera House

The sixteen houses

Interior of the sixteen

houses

Ornamentation

Green stone lion sculptures

Rooftop decorationsStone carved windows

Wall mural carvings

Stone carvings on the wall and pillars

Wood carved “Dou gong”

Wall murals

Materials

Bricks and cement Timber wood

Porcelain clay Stone

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