| Sultan Abdul Samad Building | |
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Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad | |
.jpg) Front view of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, with the Merdeka 118 in the background. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Government Office |
| Architectural style | Indo-Saracenic, Neo-Mughal, or Moorish |
| Location | Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Construction started | 3 September 1894 |
| Completed | 1897 |
| Inaugurated | 4 April 1897 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Antenna spire | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Roof | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A.C. Norman R. A. J. Bidwell A. B. Hubback |
The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad; Jawi: باڠونن سلطان عبدالصمد) is a late-19th century building located along Jalan Raja in front of Dataran Merdeka and the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974, it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.
The building houses both the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia). It once housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya. The Federal Court and the Court of Appeals had shifted to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya during the early 2000s, while the High Court of Malaya shifted to the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in 2007.