Lim Chong Keat Explained

Lim Chong Keat (; born 1930) is a Malaysian architect and botanist.

He trained at the University of Manchester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

He considers himself to be a comprehensivist and universalist, like his role model Buckminster Fuller. He designed the KOMTAR Tower, in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia and Jurong Town Hall in Singapore.^{[2] [3] [4]}

He is a self-taught botanist. He has discovered and named about 40 palms and gingers.^{[5] [6]}

He is the younger brother of Lim Chong Eu.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lim Chong Keat. www.arch.hku.hk.
2. Web site: Singapore Conference Hall designer Lim Chong Keat is renaissance man. November 16, 2015. The Straits Times.
3. Web site: Keynote Lecture: Lim Chong Keat on Art and Architecture. National Gallery Singapore.
4. Web site: Lim Chong Keat — The man and mind behind Jurong Town Hall. August 29, 2018. Medium.
5. Web site: Singapore Conference Hall designer Lim Chong Keat is renaissance man. November 16, 2015. The Straits Times.
6. Web site: Chong Keat: Botanical education in country seriously lacking.