That Gazebo…
April 2023
September 2014
Ipoh’s Famous Club House
picture courtesy of Ruth Iversen Rollitt
We’ve featured this Club on our blog before, but here’s a different view of it. Notice the structure on the far left. I wonder what’s happened to it. And if your eyes are sharp enough, note the vehicle on the far right too!
May 2012
Nice Ride!
From what was written at the back of this photograph, we know that:
- this was taken during the Lions Club dinner on 3rd August 1975
- one of the gentlemen in this photograph is Mr Balakrishnan – who worked at the Ipoh High Court
Any Lions Club members out there? We’d like to know MORE about this event.
PS: does anyone remember WHO the Menteri Besar of Perak was that year?
October 2009
Perak Heritage Society Illustrated Talk 23rd October 2009
B M Iversen: the Danish Architect of Ipoh
an illustrated talk by
Ruth Iversen Rollitt
Royal Ipoh Club
Friday, 23 October 2009
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Registration and refreshments begins at 5 pm
Admission by donation only
PHS members RM10, non-members RM15
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1906, BM Iversen arrived in Malaya in 1928 and worked for two architectural firms before setting up his own practice in Ipoh in 1936. After World War II, Iversen, van Sitteren & Partners had offices in Ipoh, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Notable buildings he designed in Ipoh include the Cathay Cinema and the Geosains Complex. His signature International Style won him many private and public commissions. According to Ken Yeang’s book Architecture of Malaysia, “It became an indication of status among Ipoh’s wealthy businessmen to own an Iversen-designed house.”
Perak Heritage Society
Contact: Law Siak Hong 017-506-1875