Dubbed the Longhouse, the mass timber-building prototype ... To create a flexible and open-plan interior, the building would be engineered with a series of timber laminated veneer lumber (LVL ...

IT WAS tears of joy for the Kerapa Spak longhouse community of 500 Ibans ... Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to extend electrification to the interior.

The Longhouse is exactly that – long ... but lets sunlight warm the interior spaces in the winter. Shades on the windows limit heat gain and help bounce light into the space.

MIRI: A 200m-long longhouse in the Baram district was brunt to the ground Wednesday night. About 200 residents lost all their property and belongings in the 9pm blaze.