Built in the 1880s, this famous indigo-blue
Chinese Courtyard House Cheong Fatt Tze,
a prominent Chinese figure in the newly
established Penang Straits Settlement
during the 19th century. The mansion was
built by master craftsmen brought in
especially from China, who used their skills
to fashion the mansion with 38 rooms, 5
granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases and
220 windows.
Rescued from the perils of development in
the 1990s by a small group of Heritage
preservationist led by Laurence Loh, the
Cheong Fatt Tze mansion possesses
splendid Chinese timber carvings, Gothic
louvre windows, russet brick walls and
porcelain cut & paste decorative shard
works, art nouveau stained glass panels,
Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles and Scottish cast
iron work.Its layout is based on feng-shui
principles, and filled with rare a collection of
sculptures, carvings, tapestries and other
antiques.
In 2000, the Cheong Fatt Tze mansion
received the inaugural Unesco Asia-Pacific
Heritage Conservation Award, selected as
the 'Most Excellent Project' in the Asia Pacific
Rim following its RM7.6 milllion restoration
works.
*Tourism Malaysia
Chinese Courtyard House Cheong Fatt Tze,
a prominent Chinese figure in the newly
established Penang Straits Settlement
during the 19th century. The mansion was
built by master craftsmen brought in
especially from China, who used their skills
to fashion the mansion with 38 rooms, 5
granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases and
220 windows.
Rescued from the perils of development in
the 1990s by a small group of Heritage
preservationist led by Laurence Loh, the
Cheong Fatt Tze mansion possesses
splendid Chinese timber carvings, Gothic
louvre windows, russet brick walls and
porcelain cut & paste decorative shard
works, art nouveau stained glass panels,
Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles and Scottish cast
iron work.Its layout is based on feng-shui
principles, and filled with rare a collection of
sculptures, carvings, tapestries and other
antiques.
In 2000, the Cheong Fatt Tze mansion
received the inaugural Unesco Asia-Pacific
Heritage Conservation Award, selected as
the 'Most Excellent Project' in the Asia Pacific
Rim following its RM7.6 milllion restoration
works.
*Tourism Malaysia
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion,
Penang
Penang
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A Professional photographer and
Conservationist, born in Lahad Datu,
Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Based in Sandakan on Sabah’s east
coast, he lives in one of the world’s
most diverse and exciting
environments. With Borneo as his
home, he is ideally situated to
document every aspect of this
remarkable natural world and to
introduce it to others.
Conservationist, born in Lahad Datu,
Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Based in Sandakan on Sabah’s east
coast, he lives in one of the world’s
most diverse and exciting
environments. With Borneo as his
home, he is ideally situated to
document every aspect of this
remarkable natural world and to
introduce it to others.
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