HIJJAS Architects + Planners is a premier architectural practice in Malaysia. Our award-winning work spans the course of four decades, many acknowledged today as icons that have shaped the nation’s urban landscape and city skylines.
We continue to evolve as a practice of the 21st century, confronting the challenges to society and climate through state-of-the-art technology and expert collaboration.
Our approach is to tell a story relevant to a project’s zeitgeist, to imaginatively work with structure and materials of the time, to explore functional potential and intuit aesthetic possibilities. All within the context of Malaysia’s formidable tropical climate, multiethnic heritage, rapidly developing construction industry and rich biodiverse ecosystems.
Our approach is to tell a story relevant to a project’s zeitgeist, to imaginatively work with structure and materials of the time, to explore functional potential and intuit aesthetic possibilities. All within the context of Malaysia’s formidable tropical climate, multiethnic heritage, rapidly developing construction industry and rich biodiverse ecosystems.
Through projects and industry advocacy, we work hand in hand with both government agencies and non-profits to help steer a national net zero agenda, and mitigate the impact of natural disasters in Malaysia brought on by climate change.
Our design is a culture of exploration, invention and innovation. It is ingrained in the history of our practice, a spirit of limitless creativity intrinsic to making habitable places that are identifiable, liveable and planet-centric.
At HIJJAS, experimentation is the bedrock of our approach as we test forms, ideas and narratives that create an architecture of impact and transcend the status quo of business-as-usual design.
Trace the history of our firm, from our early years under the stewardship of founder Hijjas bin Kasturi, his landmark buildings and nation building, to our transitional evolution and new beginning as a collaborative team-based practice.
