Articles at Future Southeast Asia about construction, transport, and urban development in Malaysia.
Malaysia Airports: Map of every commercial airport
Kuala Lumpur
Bandar Malaysia – New Central Business District and transport hub in Kuala Lumpur
Future Kuala Lumpur – Construction projects planned and under construction in KL
Kuala Lumpur construction report – 2025 edition
Kuala Lumpur construction update – 2024 edition
Kuala Lumpur trip report: 2023
Kuala Lumpur construction update – 2022 edition
Improving the interchanges and connections of the KL metro transit system
Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station redevelopment
Johor
Forest City Malaysia – A new city on man-made islands near Singapore
Future Johor – Construction projects in Johor Bahru / Iskandar Malaysia
Johor Bahru construction update – 2022 edition
Johor Bahru construction update – 2024 edition
How to make Johor Bahru an international metropolis of Southeast Asia
Johor Bahru: Redesigning Permas Jaya into a pedestrian-friendly space
Ibrahim Technopolis (IBTEC): New tech city in Johor, Malaysia
Kedah
Langkawi LRT: A proposed maglev from Kuah Ferry Terminal to Cenang Beach.
Widad Langkasuka – A proposed artificial islands project in Langkawi.
Langkawi trip report (2023)
A big tower comes to Cenang Beach, an inappropriate Dubai-like development, and yet another mediocre urban development that Malaysia does so well
Melaka
Future Melaka – Construction and transport projects in Malacca, Malaysia
Melaka trip report: Little Dubai in the Strait of Malacca
Melaka Tram: A proposed 3-line tramway system for the historic port city of Malaysia.
Pahang
Penang
Penang South Islands – Three islands land reclamation project
Fix Penang Island instead of making new islands
The supposed green utopia of the Penang South Islands project will do nothing to fix the current urban problems of the island of Penang.
Future Penang – current and proposed construction projects in Penang
Mutiara LRT Line: The Penang light rail transit connecting the island to the mainland
Penang construction update (2025 edition)
Penang construction update (2023 edition) [Paid Subscribers]
Trip report for my visit to Penang in March 2023. New hotels questionably close to the old town, an endangered historic cinema, and land reclamation mania.
Penang construction update – 2022 edition
Andaman Eastern & Oriental – A new urban island in Penang.
Gurney Bay: Penang’s new seafront park
Penang Turf Club redevelopment: How Penang should look to Singapore for inspiration
Putrajaya
Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Transit System
Selangor
The bad urban design of Cyberjaya: Malaysia’s ‘failed Silicon Valley’
Sabah
Sarawak
Railways
Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Railway
Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High-Speed Rail
Selangor Rail Line: proposed railway along the North Selangor coast.
