Photohunters: theme wooden/Edged out by development
The topic this week is wood. In today’s world, wooden structures are gradually being replaced with concrete and steel. I highlight this week a home which is surrounded by shop houses and light industrial sites. It was there before them all and it has remained there until this day. But its day are numbered I believe. With development comes progress and a higher standard of living.
But wooden structures are beautiful. We can be creative with wood.
Please permit me to recycle some pics from my January 27th post on a visit to a long house for the benefit of the photohunters. Almost everything you see is wooden.
Great collections of photos
It reminds me of malaysia’s “kampung”
Perfect for the theme Wooden.
Happy photohunting Beng
Kampong houses gonna be a thing of the past in a couple more years down the road and those pictures will be what’s left to show our grandchildren…
Eee how come your wooden house looked.. blueish one??
mayb i in a blue mood?
Hi Beng Beng –
Yeah, haven’t visited in a while and upon doing so, am resolving to let less time pass by in between visits in the future!
Great take on this week’s theme. Excellent shots. Happy weekend
A great collection of shots. Have a great weekend!
Some houses such as these are being demolished for a number of reasons but they always go back and rebuild their houses.
wow!!!! i havent seen this for a long time!!! good one!!
great wooden post! thanks for visiting.
Thanks for calling in.
Have a great weekend!
No more can we see these in Singapore. All had become what today we call HDB “birdcage” flats. Thanks for sharing!
Pearl - thanks for visiting
A visit to a long house would be very interesting. Would you be able to direct me to one if I visit Sarawak?
i went with a group of visitors from Taiwan. it was all arranged.
All really great shots!!
Happy Weekend.
Great take on the theme! Your photos are wonderful!
Yes, and it’s a shame too that such structures made of wood and so beautiful and warm have to make way for the newer generations. But one thing, it DOES save the beautiful trees.
Happy Hunting, I hope you’ll find time to drop by and visit with me too today.
Great selections, BB… the staircase looks like being close to the ground is a good idea.
Hope you’re feeling better
too bad, there are a few of those kinds of houses nowadays,
thanks for your comment on my entry
Great post.
Sadly, everything natural is being used less. In my childhood days, when we play, it was 99% with nature and we play with sticks, leaves, flowers, red beans…
How times have changed.
progress comes with a price
It’s good to have a wooden house too
But not much people like it these days, everyone love concrete and big big and tahan tahan one, haha…
so where will the residents live? will they be relocated?
fortunately in this case, the time has not yet come. but it is surrounded on all sides by development n business premises. it is only a matter of time before someone snaps up their property..very valuable too due to its location..my personal opinion only
I used to visit some spacious kampung houses when I was a kid. It is like an open house policy. I didn’t have to make appointment. Just dropped by and called “Mak Cik” (aunt) or “Pak Cik” (uncle). They would say, “Mak Cik ada di rumah naik tangga-lah.” (Auntie is in, come on get up the steps.)
I miss the hospitality more than the wooden houses.
You have captured a moment out of time.
Wonderful! Beautiful shots, all of them.
nice shots capturing beautiful wooden structures,
I have seen something like these all the time back home. Good shot! Happy weekend!
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Ouh looks like one good series of typical Malaysian kampung. Feels so familiar and close to it.
Whenever I look at wooden houses, I get this strange feeling in me which I can’t explain. Perhaps they bring me back to those times when I was small and was staying with my grandparents in a kampung environment. They stayed at this very old wooden house which was very simple and dark.
it is a romantic notion but in terms of comfort, wooden houses need more effort to maintain n are potential fire traps but are very cool
That is a great wooden house. Too bad they have to go. I enjoyed the series of shots too.
That house looks sad, closed in like that. What a shame.
Those others make an fascinating collection of shots.
Wooden houses are great! Cooling, economical, and very practical.
People like aesthetics these days, hence wooden houses are going out of fashion.
some live in concrete houses but wrap them up in wood to give the timber feeling
You have nice pictures for your “wooden” theme, and so many of them! Thx for visiting mine!