The Glulam Gallery ( ms, Galeri Glulam) is a
gallery in
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...
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Johor
Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...
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Malaysia
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History
The project to build the gallery started in 2009 when the design process started. Construction of the building was completed on 15 November 2011. It was then delivered by the
Public Works Department to Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) on 5 December 2011.
On 15 March 2012, the project was recognized by
The Malaysia Book of Records
The Malaysia Book of Records (or MBR) is a Malaysian project to publish records set or broken by Malaysians. The project complements Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad's ' Malaysia Boleh!' (''Malaysia Can!'' in English) campaign. As with th ...
to be the first completed building in Malaysia that uses
glued laminated timber
Glued laminated timber, commonly referred to as glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives so that all of the grain run ...
as the load bearing structure in which the use of the timber exceeded 80% of the total building material. The gallery was then inaugurated on 22 May 2012 by Deputy Prime Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin.
Architecture
As written on its name, the building is made of glued laminated timber, or glulam in short.
The gallery is built on 4.9 hectares of land owned by MTIB and showcases the use of adhesives and wood laminates as a loadbearing architectural structure and building cladding. It uses 39 sets of glulam load-bearing structures made from timbers. The gallery is internally configured as an exposition, banquet, conference and seminar centre for hire.
It consists of three halls, in which two halls are made available for public use and another hall is used for showcase gallery of MTIB products.
See also
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Rumah Melaka
Rumah Melaka () is a gallery owned by the Malaysian Timber Industry Board located in Bukit Katil, Malacca, Malaysia that promotes wooden handmade products of the local people. It was built on an area of 5 hectares with a cost of MYR5 million, as ...
(another gallery owned by Malaysian Timber Industry Board)
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.mtib.gov.my/en/services/facility/glulam-gallery
2012 establishments in Malaysia
Art museums and galleries in Johor
Buildings and structures in Johor Bahru
Event venues established in 2012