| Summary: | Historic buildings basically represents the single most visible aspect of our past
history and culture. Like most other countries in the world, Malaysia has a rich legacy of
historic buildings with outstanding craftsmanship and architecture quality. They form an
impressive historic features and heritage of the past work of man. It is important to conserve
and preserve historic buildings because they provide a sense of identity and continuity in a
fast changing world for future generations. However some of these buildings are at risk from
defects and are not being well cared for due to lack of technical knowledge and high cost of
repair and maintenance. The purpose of this paper intends to highlight the existing
conditions of historical buildings in Malaysia with the main focus on the conditions of building
defects and conservation approach to these buildings. To do so, a pilot survey has been
conducted on several heritage towns and cities based on the existing heritage trail in
Malaysia. The broad objective of this pilot survey is to examine the level of building defects
and the location of building defects that normally occur at various types of historical buildings
in Malaysia. At the same time, it will also look into the conservation approaches that has
been done to these historical buildings either the method are acceptable according to the
basic principles and philosophy of building conservation. It is expected that this paper could
contribute some benefits to the owners, consultants, contractors, conservators, various
government agencies, heritage body and by all those who concerned with the care and
conservation of historic buildings in Malaysia.
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