Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex, Governmental courthouse in Segambut district, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex is a U-shaped courthouse on Jalan Duta in Segambut, about 4 km from Merdeka Square. Its central portico rises above the rest of the building and carries a large onion dome ringed by four semi-spherical domes; each wing adds three porticos and four more domes. Colonnades of varied diameter run two to five storeys high, with verandahs behind the front and rear facades.
Construction of this judicial complex began in 2004 and finished in 2007, bringing together courts that were previously scattered across separate colonial buildings in the city. The project represented a major effort to modernize and centralize the city's court structures.
The complex's design echoes the colonial-era Sultan Abdul Samad Building, drawing on neoclassical, Palladian and Mughal styling. Its centrepiece is a large onion dome ringed by four semi-spherical domes, repeated on each wing, with colonnades two to five storeys high. Night courts handle traffic offences, and men's and women's surau sit on the top floor.
The complex provides 500 parking spaces for visitors and is accessible via KTM Segambut station and Rapid KL bus service T821. Allow time to navigate the large U-shaped layout since court rooms are spread across multiple levels and different sections.
Within a month of opening, two 4-by-4-foot ceiling panels and a downlight fell into a Civil Courts room at 10.30 am on 30 April 2007, and a burst pipe endcap flooded three-quarters of the cafeteria to a depth of 7 cm on 23 May 2007. Public Works Department director-general Selvanayagam P. Nagalingam blamed a plumber for the flooding.
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