muhidz@studiowork

Somebody's home

2011-12-31T23:23:00.000-08:00

The Green wall for a green House...

2011-10-06T19:07:00.000-07:00

Let's go Inside.....

2011-10-06T18:56:00.000-07:00

Residential Landscape Design

2011-10-06T18:38:00.000-07:00

The Enclave_IPOH_exclusive boutique residence

2011-10-06T18:24:00.000-07:00

Spa & Wellness Center: Oriental Approach VS Tropical Approach

2011-04-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

Facade Uplifting

2011-04-04T23:24:00.000-07:00

The Tropical Jungle Resort...

2010-12-17T06:35:00.000-08:00

Landscape Concept_Bandar Putra Kemaman for HijauReka

2010-12-10T00:55:00.000-08:00

The inside outside

2010-10-30T03:56:00.000-07:00

UMalaya Main Hall promenade

2010-10-20T19:09:00.000-07:00

UM MAIN HALL FOR HIJAUREKA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

2010-10-08T07:34:00.001-07:00

Hotel Landscape _Langkawi

2010-07-03T06:54:00.000-07:00

Silver jubilee Monument

2009-12-26T21:30:00.000-08:00

This fountain monument was built to commemorate the silver Jubilee of the reign of HRH Sultan al-Haj Abdul Halim Mu'dzzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah in 1983.It is Located in Padang Court or Medan Budaya, in the middle of Alor Setar City facing several other historical building of the Town such as Zahir Mosque, State Art Gallery, the Grand Audience Hall and the former Sultan's Palace (the Royal Museum).

THE DESIGN IS INSPIRED BY THE FORM OF BUNGA RAYA OR HIBISCUS, THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF MALAYSIA WHICH SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENT THE HONOUR OF THE SULTAN IN THE EYE OF MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE OF KEDAH. AT THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT IS THE REPLICA OF THE SULTAN'S HEADGEAR OR TENGKOLOK AS A SYMBOL OF THE SULTAN'S DIGNITY AND PRIDE AS THE RULER OF THE STATE.

THE GAP HOUSE, FRASER HILL FOR ALAMSCAPE CONSULTANT

2009-12-23T19:05:00.001-08:00

Just before Gap gate (the entrance into the 8-km one-way road that connects to Fraser's Hill). From Kuala Kubu Baru, it is about 30 minutes drive to Gap through the scenic Kuala Kubu Baru-Gap Highway.

It is another choice for colonial-style hotel to stay. The major difference is that the Gap Resthouse is not exactly located on Fraser's Hill. It is set some altitude below the mountain top but the air was still cool and crisp when I was there.

Gap Resthouse is new being renovated for the best and so its surrounding. Thus, the consultant chose the English garden concept so as to complement the architectural style as well as the local environment. The exteriorlooks nice, adorned with traditional English home garden design along with flowering gardens, parterre and rose garden. The english garden concept is further enhanced with English-style garden structure such as pergola, arbor and garden bench.

This resthouse is a perennial favorite for antic car drivers, as well as ardent bikers, who gather here for a quick weekend getaway. It is also popular for bird watching and hiking in the many trails nearby.

At ground level, an old coffee house awaits you, serving anything from English traditional fares, to local food and some Western.

Balai Besar (Great Audience Hall of the Kedah Sultanate)

2009-12-08T09:03:00.000-08:00

Initially the function of the building was the Balai Rong Seri or Balai Penghadapan (audience hall), that was situated at the back area of the Kota Setar Palace complex. The original building was built in 1735 by HRH Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Muazzam Shah, the 19th Sultan of Kedah (1710-1778). The pillars, roofs and floors were made of wood.

This building was destroyed due to attacks by the Bugis armada (1770) and Siam (1821). During the reign of HRH Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, the 26th Sultan of Kedah (1882-1943), this building was refurbished (1896) spearheaded by Muhammad bin Lebai Tambi, an architect with the Public Works Department of Kedah State for the wedding ceremony of His Royal Highness's five princes and princesses (1904).

Beside the wedding ceremony, the Balai Besar was used for installation ceremonies, official ceremonies, State Council Conferences since 1905 until 1973.

Two Kedah Sultans were officially installed at the Balai Besar: HRH Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Halim Shah II, the 22nd Sultan of Kedah (1804-1845) in 1805 and HRH Tuanku Sultan Haji Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah on 20th February, 1959.

Design of the building

The design of the Balai Besar is of the characteristics of a Malay house with lengthy roof. On the left and right sections of the Balai Besar are the verandahs. The verandah at the right side of the throne was the area for the Ministers' children, warriors and official officers' children as well as the good citizens. The left verandah was the area for the religious men, merchants and the good citizens. The centre area of the balai (hall) was the place for "the children of the palace", those who held the royal regalia together with the ministers and main government officers in accordance to individual status right up to the ordinary people. The pillars and cross-beams were made of the highest quality of cengal wood from the state of Kedah. The roofs were made of rumbia (a type of palm-tree). Two large staircases were built in front of the Balai Besar, left and right ascending to the grand hall, rumah tangga, right verandah, left verandah as well as the pavilion, the throne and the Balai Siak located at the utmost back section of the bulding.

Retrieved from: http://malaysia.smktk.net/malaysia/kedah/balai_besar.html

IDea n ConcepT: smaLL SpacE GardeN

2009-10-27T19:33:00.000-07:00

Jami'Cordoba in its time..my Imagination

2009-10-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

2009-10-23T20:53:00.000-07:00

Pelayaran

kita belayar
dengan iman dan keyakinan
kerana hidup adalah hukuman
di atas lautan.
kita tempuhi ombak kepalang
dan radang angin songsang
dalam hujan
ketika menyeberangi lautan
yang sesekali mengganas dan menggelombang
dalam mencari unsur dan nilai pengabaian.
alangkah luasnya samudera Tuhan
seluas langit malam
kita pun belayar
dalam erti kehilangan
seperti seekor ikan.
sebenarnya pelayaran ini
telah diawasi
oleh seorang nabi
dengan kebenaran biru
ombak pagi
bagai pernah menyinari pelangi
memutih persisiran adat mati.
pun malam juga menciptakan
cinta syahdu di laut terbentang.
kami berdoa pada Tuhan
segenap kejujuran
agar bahtera kami
agar pelayaran kami
agar mimpi-mimpi kami
akan terselamat
menemui destinasi.

Sajak ciptaan :Aminin(Mainstream)
dipetik dari : http://www.imeem.com/people/RuOVk68/blogs/2008/12/26/EHBI8Zc5/sajakpelayaran

TeCtOniCity_MoDern SimPle MiniMaL

2009-10-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

Modern architecture is art with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. The first variants were conceived early in the 20th century. Modern architecture was adopted by many influential architects and architectural educators, however very few "Modern buildings" were built in the first half of the century. It gained popularity after the Second World War and became the dominant architectural style for institutional and corporate buildings for three decades.

IJM Penang Waterfront for Clouston DesiGn Sdn Bhd

2009-10-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

2009-10-19T08:15:00.001-07:00

A Photo of Our Nature

2009-04-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

The Creek

by Zaeem Ahmed

The Earth seems to move,
As the pink clouds above drift,
The water ripples at your feet
The sand and leaves shift

Mountains arise on either side
And green trees raise high
Below grow plants that are evergreen
The animals are not at all shy

Birds fly like fighter jets
Tadpoles swim in the shallows of the creek
Slowly come out the lizards for a little more heat
Ducks swim around with an upraised beak

As the sun hides away,
It gets dark and its time to leave
Animals go to rest after a day of play
I want to come back another day

http://www.poetryinnature.com

Putrajaya waterfront for CLOUSTON DESIGN

2009-04-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

dah lamaaa dah tak post....buzy bangat ......Anyway this is my latest illustration; did this for CLOUSTON DESIGN.....I was working here right after graduated from IIUM...huhu....

Havea brassiliensis..God's Bounty unto Malaysian

2009-03-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

LADANG GETAH AYAH

(Setiap pagi mencarik garis luka
menjadi titis-titis getah
mengalir ke corong
ke mangkuk rezeki tertumpah
tempat kami bergantung)

Ini ladang getah ayah
Padang mengenal susah dan payah
Pokoknya berbaris lurus tegap
Tertancap pada tanah sejuk lembab

Daunnya segar hijau dan subur
Musim panas ia mengering dan gugur
Dan di hujung sempadan ada paya kecil
Tempat menggagau haruan atau mengail

Kalau musim hujan pula datang
Kami ke ladang jarang-jarang
Biarlah pokok-pokok itu rehat sekejap
Setelah penat kudratnya kami hisap

Disini tempat tercurah basah peluh
Tapi tidak sekali kami mengeluh
Kerana ada rimbun daun jadi peneduh

dipetik dari : http://jamrihusen.blogspot.com/2005/08/sajak-sajak-v.html

Hilton Ras al _khaimah......bila lmalam menjelma...for ZONE ARCHITECT.

2009-02-25T03:01:00.000-08:00

Lightscape_give your landscape design a life in the hour of darkness...Thus, a landscape architect should never forget this aspect to combat the loss of design in the night time. With a lightscape concept, the bleakness and darkness of the landscape in the night are no longer a dread but an
exciting experience, an experience which is as changeable as the weather. A landscape architects can now add active lighting displays to their designs in the form of subtle colour chases and rolling scene changes, transforming any architectural images and its environment into a favorable night time attraction.

Rain forest park, Denai Alam for A+R Associates

2009-01-27T09:25:00.000-08:00

Zahir Mosque, Alor Setar, Kedah

2009-01-10T00:11:00.001-08:00

Alor Setar, 15 Jan.-Masjid ini dibina pada tahun 1912 atas usaha YTM Tunku Mahmud Ibni Almarhum Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram Shah. Tapak masjid ini sebelum pembinaannya adalah tanah pusara wira-wira Kedah yang gugur semasa mempertahankan Kedah dari serangan Siam(1821). Rekabentuk masjid ini diilhamkan dari Masjid AZIZI di Bandar Langkat, Sumatera Utara. Masjid ini dihiasi dengan lima kubah utama sebagai simbol lima Rukun Islam.

Upacara perasmiannya dilakukan pada hari Jumaat, 15 Oktober 1915 oleh Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah. Tunku Mahmud telah membaca khutbah Jumaat sementara baginda Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah mengimamkan solat Jumaat. Di belakang Masjid Zahir, terdapat Kompleks Bangunan Mahkamah Syariah dan Pusat Pendidikan Asas Kanak-Kanak.

Masjid Zahir mempunyai keluasan tapak kira-kira 124,412 kaki persegi. Dewan tengahnya (Dewan Sembahyang) berukuran 62 x 62 kaki persegi dan dikelilingi oleh beranda berukuran 8 kaki lebar dengan 4 anjung yang setiap satunya terdapat sebuah kubah. Menara utamanya terletak di bahagian timur laut bangunan masjid itu.

Dato' Hj Wan shamsudin Mohd Yusof
Pakar Sejarah Kedah

Anyway these are among my early drawing while studyng in IIUM...sort of exercises lah.... and memang my favouritelah to draw monumental and historical building like this.....I like history.....

JAnnatul Ariff, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

2009-01-06T18:55:00.000-08:00

GRANADA 09Jan-JANNATUL ARIFF or the Garden of the wise is an elevated garden placed far above that the atmosphere of sweet and cool could be enjoyed by everybody. The garden of Generalife (the spanish translation of JANNATUL ARIFF) was one and the same time a summer garden , and a working grunge which supplies provisions to the Moorish Royal House. The garden is carefully walled off from the dry desert of exterior environment to create a favourable microclimate not only for man but the nature as well. The garden is the cental attraction of an elongated courtyard and a long reflective pool at the center of it reflects the beautifully adorned building facade. The later addition of water spouts however has broken out the surface of the mirror but has provided the garden with a gentle soothing murmur, the most pleasant sound apart of silence to encourage meditative thought. Having a geometrical layout, the Jannah was once planted with trees and carefully selected bushes and flowers, leafy and fragrantly perfumed; thus protrays the true image of paradise on earth. This is the part of the Alhambra which best preserves the medieval garden of Alhambra.

PARTAL GARDEN_ALHAMBRA_GRANADA, sPAiN

2009-01-06T10:17:00.000-08:00

GRANADA, 07 JAN-The open portico of the torres de las damas (Tower of the Ladies) overlooking a small esplanade containing a reflective pool (a pool concept originated from early Islamic Landscape architecture) is called a partal in Arabic. In its day, the area was surrounded elegant houses and mansions of the the elite Moors. This area can be considered as a their private garden. Small, stepped terraces, well adapted to uneven lie of the land from veritable hangings of flower beds. From the huge mirador of the Tower of two Ladies, one can enjoy a beautiful scenery of the albaicin beyond the river Darro, the orchards of Generalife and pool in which the garden and the building facade is reflected. While being in the garden itself, one will enjoy the beautiful screened vista through the opened arches of the building.

The garden of partal and the Tower of the Two Ladies, Alhambra, Granada, Spain.

London

2009-01-06T01:17:00.000-08:00

LONDON, 4JAN-Please note that the original model is not mine...I just give an artistic touch to the model....

tEEN'S rOOM

2009-01-02T09:12:00.001-08:00

sHEiKH'S hOUsE

2009-01-02T09:01:00.000-08:00

The Enclave_a boutique Residence for Hijau Reka Landscape Consultant

2008-12-31T06:35:00.000-08:00

IPOH, 31 DIS-Ini project landskap utk a high-end resort oriented residential area. Yang menariknya pasal project nih coz I was not only producing it but also presented it on behalf of Hijau Reka without realizing that among the audience was the daughter of Sultan Azlan Shah.....dua tiga hari lepas tu baru tahu.....sometime better being ignorance.....but not all the time...

Tropical Contemporary Design

2008-12-31T06:22:00.000-08:00

Ras al-khaimah Hilton_for ZONE Architect

2008-12-21T20:05:00.000-08:00

RAS AL-KHAIMAH, 21 DEC-This is the lastest design of RasAl-Khaimah hilton in UAE after a series of alteration in 2008...the fisrt image is the water playground attached to one side of the hotel building..as you can see it consist of a water sprayground, children's wading pool, wave pool with a waterfall and rockery beyond, a lazy river, bumper boat pool and a children's playground.

Other images show the entrance of the hotel which tries to impress visitors with an european look while the roadside trees create a grand vista while driving towards the building. Next is the landscape treatment for an area dedicated for an asian restaurant...of course the fragrant of frangipani an lily pond enhance the ambience of asian landscape here. The fourth image is the very formal renaissance garden...designed overlooking the sea...the last one is lap pool...designed with respect to a nice scenery of the open sea...

The Forest Park @ Denai Alam_for A+R Associate

2008-12-18T02:33:00.001-08:00

DENAI ALAM, 18DEC-I really like these three perspectives..the jungle and tropical look of them really fit the vernacular and sustainable architecture of the buildings....the trees really compose all elements together...being a unified landscape scenery....

Ras al Khaimah Hilton, UAE for ZONE Architect

2008-12-17T00:20:00.000-08:00

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Denai Flora @ Denai Alam_for A+R Associate

2008-12-12T19:06:00.001-08:00

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mr nasser's house

2008-12-12T16:38:00.000-08:00

Jazan Economic City, SAUDI ARABIA_for Perunding Alam Bina

2008-11-27T19:35:00.000-08:00

All the hardscape elements (the entrance statements, the bridge and the limp post design) of this project areour (me and my friend IQBAL RIFASHA) original designed. We try to imitate the physical form of date palm which is very synonim with the Arabian land so that they will stand harmoniously with the proposed date palms.

University Malaya

2008-11-25T12:21:00.000-08:00

ExpoMAL@inddor rainforest concept

2008-11-25T11:23:00.000-08:00

Private Garden_Ras al khaimah, UAE

2008-11-25T10:50:00.000-08:00

Malay Town Square

2008-11-25T10:22:00.000-08:00

Al_Aqr Resort, Shinas, Oman II

2008-11-25T09:56:00.000-08:00

Al_Aqr Resort, Shinas, Oman

2008-11-25T04:27:00.000-08:00

the Entranceway

entrace statement design

2008-11-24T02:44:00.000-08:00

MAS@Malaysian Hospitality

2008-11-24T02:22:00.000-08:00

The Malaysian National Carrier....

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Guitar Solo

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

_John Denver...

Alor Setar Tower, Kedah, Malaysia

2008-11-24T02:17:00.000-08:00

Petronas twin Tower, Kuala lumpur

2008-11-24T02:12:00.000-08:00

Arabian Court

2008-11-24T01:41:00.001-08:00

albaicin_the Muslim quaters

2008-11-24T01:14:00.000-08:00

'to situate a house within a garden, you should select a rise in the ground to make it easier to guard. The building should be at the entrance to the property and orientated towards midday, and the well or irrigation tank should be sited at the highest point of all. Better still than a well is a channel, which should run in the shade of plants and trees, Plants clumps of all sorts of evergreens close to the channel to delight the eye, and a little farther away, as wide a variety of flowers and evergreen trees as possible. let a vineyard surround a garden and in the middle climbing vines provide shade for the path between the flower beds. At the very center, erect an open pavilion for the hours of rest, surrounded by climbing roses, myrtles and other varieties of flowers to beautify the view. The garden should be longer than it is wide so as not to tire the eyes in contemplation. A room should be built at the lower end for guests. Make a pool hidden between the trees so that it might not be seen from a distance. It is also useful to build a dovecote and habitable tower. the house itself should have two doors so as to be more easily protected and the owner feel secure.....'

Ibn Luyun_Treatise on agriculture and gardening....

Alcazaba & spiked tower

2008-11-24T00:00:00.000-08:00

la_mezquita

2008-11-23T23:49:00.000-08:00

albaicin & the statue of ibn Rusyd

2008-11-23T23:40:00.000-08:00

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Gate of Justice

2008-11-23T19:37:00.000-08:00

In memory of Generalife

2008-11-21T08:09:00.000-08:00

' ...Have you ever seen such a beautiful garden?...'

"...We have never seen a garden with greater abundance of fruit, no sweater, nor more perfumed...."

..an inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters...

In memory of the Court of Lions_alhambra

2008-11-21T07:23:00.000-08:00

"Blessed be He who gave to the Iman Muhammad mansion adorned so magnificiently. Do we not have here in this garden a work so beautiful as to be unrivalled in all God's creations. the glistening pearl of which she is made have overflowed into her very substance. Liquid silver incomparable in its whiteness and brilliance, flows between her jewels become entwined so that it is impossible to say which of them is flowing. See how the water laps against the rims of the channels, to be hidden moments later underground, just as a lover tries to keep the tears in his eyes from betraying him. And truly, is she not like a cloud who pours down her beneficience onto the lions; and in the same way, the hand of the Caliph, from the first light of dawn, does he not also pour his bounty upon the lions of war....'

......ibn Zamrak (1333-1394)

The Great mosque of cordoba: the inside view

2008-11-21T06:51:00.000-08:00

this is my latest work....teringat Kenangan kat SPAIN...