Lim Chong Keat
Lim Chong Keat (born 1930) is a Malaysian architect and botanist. He trained at the University of Manchester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He considers himself to be a comprehensivist and universalist, like his role model Buckminster Fuller.
Also recorded as Chong Keat Lim · C.K.Lim
Lim Chong Keat
- Born
- 1930 · Penang.
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Occupation
- architect · botanist
- Movements
- rationalism
- Education
- University of Manchester · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Known for
- KOMTAR
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Lim Chong Keat (born 1930) is a Malaysian architect and botanist. He trained at the University of Manchester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He considers himself to be a comprehensivist and universalist, like his role model Buckminster Fuller.
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He designed the KOMTAR Tower, in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia and Jurong Town Hall in Singapore. He is a self-taught botanist. He has discovered and named about 40 palms and gingers. He is the younger brother of Lim Chong Eu. Chong Keat, Lim
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