Architectural Styles
Peranakan
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1840s-1950s
- Hybrid blend of Chinese & Malaysian
- elaborate and colorful tile wor
- facades with intricate motifs
- floral designs
- geometric patterns
- ornate wooden carvings
- pitched roofs,
- verandas
- raised platforms
- large, wooden windows and doors
- decorative grilles
- shutters
- central courtyards
- local materials
- timber, brick, and plaster,
- decorative tiles
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Residential houses
- shophouses
- temples
- community centres
- Baba House Malacca
- Blue (Cheong Fatt Tze) Mansion Penang
- Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum Malacca,
- Penang Peranakan Mansion, Singapore
- Kuden Mansion in Satun, Thailand
- Club Street townhouses, Singapore
- Governor’s Mansion Phuket City
- Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore
- Joo Chiat Lane Singapore
- Arab Street, Singapore
- Tjong A Fie Mansion, Medan, Indonesia
- Urban Hotels in Straits Settlements (Flagship Type) – Singapore, George Town (Penang), Malacca, Surabaya
- Shophouse Hotels & Lodging Houses
- Clan Guesthouses & Association Lodging
- Coastal & Resort Villas (Elite Leisure Travel) – Seaside villas in Penang and Malacca; and Hill-station properties adapted for lodging
- Apartment Hotels & Long-Stay Lodging
- Pilgrim & Religious Traveller Lodging
- Early Boarding Houses & Inns for expanding colonial bureaucracies
- Raffles Hotel later wings and interiors incorporated Straits Eclectic / Peranakan craft
- Hotel Majapahit (formerly Oranje Hotel) Surabaya 1910
Adaptive Reuse
- Majestic Malacca
- Baba House Malacca
- Ann Siang House Singapore
- The Scarlet Singapore (formerly Gan Eng Seng School / shophouses)
- The Blue Mansion (Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, now a heritage hotel) Private mansion, but with built-in guest suites and clan accommodation for visiting dignitaries, merchants, and business partners
- Seven Terraces George Town Penang
- Campbell House Penang
- Casa del Rio Malacca
- Tugu Hotels (Jakarta, Malang)
- Clan Association Lodging Singapore & Penang
Landmarks
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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