Federated Malay States Survey Office

The Federated Malay States Survey Office is an early 20th century building situated in Jalan Tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

It was divided into Trigonometrical, Topographical and Revenue Survey Branches, and in 1909 the cost of the department to the government was over $1 million.

[1][2][3] In 1909, Arthur Benison Hubback was commissioned to design a building for the Survey Department, and construction work began in August 1909.

Its facade features a 400 foot long colonnade on both floors with distinctive 'cinquefoil' (five-leafed clover) arches, terminated at each end by two 80 foot high octagonal towers surmounted by onion shaped domes of copper.

In 2016, one of the dome's spires fell down, and in 2024 significant damage occurred when parts of the ceiling and wall collapsed prompting the prime minister to direct the carrying out of refurbishment works.

Building soon after completion in 1910