Market Square clock tower | |
Built For: | Coronation of King George VI |
Built: | 1937 |
Architect: | Arthur Oakley Coltman |
Architecture: | Art Deco |
The Market Square clock tower is situated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The clock tower was completed in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI[1] and was designed by the English architect Arthur Oakley Coltman of Booty Edwards and Partners, Kuala Lumpur.[2] [3]
The clock tower was built in the Art Deco style and is decorated with a sunburst motif on its sides commonly used in Art Deco design patterns. It is 25 feet high and originally bore a commemorative plaque which was removed after Malaysia gained independence in 1957.