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2024 · Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

27°C · 12.2h daylight · 1 km/h wind

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Merdeka 118

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · City-level coordinates only

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Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Climate: 27°C · 12.2h daylight · 1 km/h wind

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Field	Merdeka 118 2024 · Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Douglas Cardinal Architect 1964 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2024	1964
Place	Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Place context	Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Representative site: Gatineau, Gatineau, Canada
Climate	27°C · 12.2h daylight · 1 km/h wind	2°C · 13.8h daylight · 16 km/h wind · via Canadian Museum of History
Focus	Skyscraper	3 works in corpus
Architects	No architects linked yet.	Douglas Cardinal
Linked context	Bureaus No linked context yet.	Notable works Canadian Museum of History Telus World of Science Edmonton National Museum of the American Indian
Typologies	skyscraper mixed-use landmark	museum house performance venue landscape
Materials	glass steel	timber
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	The recorded material palette leans lower-carbon on paper, but procurement and quantity still matter. No dominant drivers yet.
Lower-carbon levers	Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons. Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.	Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.