Salinger House
house in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
The Salinger House (also known as the Rudinara and the Salinger Residence) was a house built in Malaysia in 1992. Its design won the Aga Khan architectural prize in the 1996–98 cycle.
Commissioning and design
The Salinger house was commissioned by Rudin Salinger, brother of the US president John F. Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger and long-term resident of Malaysia, in August 1984. Together with his Malaysian wife Munira (AKA Monica), Rudin Salinger, a student of Malay culture and convert to Islam, requested a house that reflected their interests and religious faith, and which was to be built in traditional Malaysian style. Jimmy Lim, the architect commissioned for the project, designed a triangular-shaped house to be built of locally sourced wood.
Lim's objective when designing the house was to create a building in traditional Malay style, but with modern convenience also. For this reason, rather than having the linear design typical of a traditional Malay house, the Salinger House was constructed with a conjoined triangular design. The largest of these triangles to house the living area and kitchen raised on stilts above ground level, and a bathroom and bedroom in a first-floor above these, all enclosed by wooden wall for privacy. The smaller of the two triangles formed a veranda that was to serve as a dining area. To reflect the Muslim faith of the Salingers, the building was oriented towards Mecca.
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