Parliament House

The Malaysian Parliament House is a building complex located atop a small hill in Kuala Lumpur and is made up of 2 buildings and was constructed in 1962 and officially opened on the 2nd Nov 1963 by the then Yang DiPertuan Agong, or Malaysian King.

There is a 3-story building that has a series of 11-triangle pieces pointed roof (lower bottom right structure in picture 1) to symbolise the 11 states of the Federation of Malaya at the time of construction. When the Parliament building was first designed, the Federation of Malaya comprised only of 11 states.

However when the building was completed, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore had joined the Federation of Malaya and the Federation of Malaysia was formed on Sept 16, 1963 comprising of 14 states.  It was too late to add in the additional pieces and thus we can only see 11 pieces rather than 14 pieces.

This triangle roofed building houses the Assembly Halls for both the 70 seat Senate and 222 seat House of Representatives. Malaysia practices a system of Parliamentary democracy and has a Constitutional Monarch.

There is a 17-story Tower Annexe Building that serves as offices for the Members of Parliament and Members of the Senate.