Adoption of Culture in Bugis houses in Johor, Malaysia

VHODERUDWHGE\VFKRODUVWKHEXLOWHQYLURQPHQWLVLQ?XHQFHGE\ FXOWXUH belief and past experiences. The paper intends to elaborate on the adoption of culture in the design of the Bugis traditional houses in Johor, Malaysia. The methodology involved two main instruments namely literature review DQGoHOGREVHUYDWLRQ7KHVWXGLHVVXJJHVWWKDWHYHQWKRXJKWKH KRXVHVZHUH built away from their homeland in Sulawesi, Indonesia the culture of the Bugis descendants remains intact. This was revealed in their behaviour and the forms of the plans and elevations of their traditional houses. © 2013. Published by the Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE- Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia