Evaluating the discontinued traditions of Malay wood carvings in Malaysia: a failure to develop the discourse on modern and post modern ornamentation in architectural works

• Main Authors: Utaberta, Nangkula, Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publications 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37511/1/37511.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37511/; http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajeassp.2014.241.254
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The main intention of this study is to contribute some thoughts on why the tradition of wood carvings in traditional Malay architecture was discontinued at the rise of modern and post-modern architectural works in Malaysia. Although the tradition of wood carvings more or less came to a stop in publi...