Ar. Hj. Razin Mahmood, FPAM Born in Johor Bahru in 1965, Razin earned his Bachelor of Architecture in 1988 from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA. He then attached as an Intern Architect with Clovis Heimsath Architects in Austin Texas, USA. Upon returning to Malaysia in 1989, he started his career an an architect with Hajeedar and Associates, Kuala Lumpur and later in 1992 moved to A.Karim Akitek Johor Bahru. He started his own practice in 1996 under the name of Razin Architect in Kuala Lumpur, and relocated his practice back to his hometown Johor Bahru early 1997. Since then, his practice has won numerous design awards and his works were widely published in local media as well as online international design news. He has also been committed in academic activities, appointed as external examiner and adjunct Professor at UTM. In recent years, Razin had given many design talks, he was invited to be a Guest Speaker at UN Habitat Week, Shanghai World Expo 2010, a speaker at Datum 2013, Sarawak Design Forum 2014 and also spoke at TedX Talk in 2016. Razin also participated in professional activities. He was a council member at the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) and still serving as Vice Chairman of PAM Southern Chapter. He was elected to be the president of Ihsan Johor (Johor Relief) a Non-Government Organisation that promotes volunteerism broadly. Among his major contribution was to design a fast building technique, where a house could be assembled by volunteers within 3 days time. He also setup a dedicated team of volunteers for disaster relief efforts. Today, Razin is actively involved in Iskandar development where he is commissioned to design high profile projects such as Condominium in Puteri Harbour and Twin Office Tower in Medini. Nonetheless, Razin has always been well-known for his high-end bungalows and small-scale projects. Simple and straight forward, yet well-thought of, is perhaps the best way to describe his works.

Our security is great! Doors and balconies are always open as I love the fresh air!

@@Olivia-bh5dp this doesn't answer the previous question thou

@@Olivia-bh5dp im guessing you are the owner ma'am? Your house is as beautiful as you are..

There're plenty ways of securing your property from intruders. Installing CCTV and alarm system has been the prefereble choices these days. Not just the use of grills. Also, judging from the video, I believe the residence built in a gated and guarded property. Its very unlikely for such resident to install grills.

Ugly grills are a thing of the past. I only see them in Latin America and Asia.

There are solutions. Stainless steel or painted metals borders are sometimes use to introduce a highlight elements that becomes a drip-off point for water running down the facade or extended cantilevers.

We hardly have mosquitoes as we are sitting quite high, we also fogged monthly

Hi, I’m the owner of the house & I think I can answer your questions. The blinds in the bathrooms are used daily, they are very easy to use. Roll up when airing and roll down when using bathroom. We hardly have mosquitoes as we are quite high. But we do fogged every month.

the lourves outside are open n close daily, like the lourves in the room

@@Olivia-bh5dp not many mosquitoes......may I know where is it located? I thought Malaysia has mosquitoes everywhere...

American R into air conditioner - thus concrete urban jungle - minimal display of glass sliding door

Yes, I too would like information like this from the Design Seed videos. If people know the price tag, some may actually take on a new project instead of just buying another high rise condo.

@@jeri7bPLGIt’s because there’s winter season so the house has to be enclosed.

Usually these timber deck are using hardwood which are durable enough to last long, the maintenance for timber damage is usually minor, major maintenance often falls on aesthetic purpose for the surface of wood as the colour fade under sunlight and water if you mind the faded appearance