BEP Akitek Sdn Bhd (formerly as Booty Edwards & Partners) is an architectural firm based in Malaysia.

[6] It was later called Booty, Edwards & Partners and the firm operated with offices in Colombo, Penang as well as Kuala Lumpur.

[8] A major event in the firm's early history is when it won an architectural competition for the design of Colombo’s Town Hall and Municipal Offices, held in 1922.

Neoclassical works were a stylistic reaction against the Rococo style of florid ornament, although some of the building's features are Late Baroque, with certain classical and Palladian elements.

[12] The three entrances at the front relate to the significance given to the number three in Chinese culture, which means – man, earth, and the sky which balance out the universe.

[13] During its glory days, the hall was filled by the Chinese community that gathered for news, to participate in cultural programs or to watch stage performances.

During World War II, it was a place where people sought refuge and aid, and later in the 1950s, after independence, members of the hall played significant roles in encouraging the Chinese community to apply for citizenship.

[15] A 200-metre walk away from the KLSCAH, the Police Co-operative Building, known today as Bangunan Koperasi Polis, is an experiment by the Federation of Malaya Police Co-operative Thrift & Loan Society Ltd. of investment in real estate and took into consideration the high demand for good office space in the fast developing federal capital.

The width of the typical floor plan was kept to a desirable minimum in order to obtain natural lighting conditions from the windows which are all placed roughly due north or south.

In order to reduce the sun's heat loads on the building all windows are shielded from direct rays by horizontal hoods and vertical fins.

The whole upper part of the building is sheathed with a gold anodised aluminum grille which lent the structure a distinctive appearance.

The grille was not only decorative, it deflected the sun’s ray and thus, in conjunction with heat-resisting glass, saved considerably on cooling costs.

[23] Built around the area of 33 acres and located at Bukit Putra, facing the Federal Highway that links with Kuala Lumpur and Port Swettenham.