If you turn across the road, right there sitting almost a century the clock tower of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.The witness of many country past glory and sorrow event are by far the most impressive architecture feature of the Dataran Merdeka, flanking it from one end to the other.
Like the town itself, it incorporates a wide mix of cultural styles in its architecture and in particular, Moorish styles and a blend of Moghul, Arab and British neoclassical architecture.
Designed by architects A.C. A. Norman and Bidwell, the building took more than two years to build.
In fact Norman was a senior government architect of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Malaya between 1883 and 1903, may not be well known to most Malaysians.
However his notable buildings in Kuala Lumpur, particularly near Merdeka Square such as the majestic Sultan Abdul Samad Building (1894-97), St. Mary's Church (1894), Selangor Club Building (1890) are significant to many including tourists.
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