Collaboration on unique subject

Prof Muhd Zaimi (right) and Azim exchanging a mock-up of the book at the MoU signing ceremony.

JOHOR BARU: In an effort to meet the needs of research and publications in the architecture field, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has collaborated with an architect’s firm to publish a book on the architecture of heritage mosques.

UTM Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering senior director Prof Dr Muhd Zaimi Abdul Majid said the collaboration between UTM’s Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World (Kalam) and ATSA Architects Sdn Bhd would help to disseminate information about the architecture of historical and heritage mosques in Malaysia.