Landmarks of Selangor: Cash Centre, Bank Negara Malaysia

The Cash Centre Bank Negara M'sia in Shah Alam. The tall
building at the back is a hotel (CNB 2013)

One Sunday recently, B drove us to the Shah Alam city centre to have a rather late lunch at the Teapot Deli, SACC Mall. After lunch I told her that I would like to check out some Selangor landmarks in the vicinity. One of the buildings we stopped at to photograph was the Currency Processing and Distribution Centre or Cash Centre of the Bank Negara Malaysia.

This building, constructed in 1988, was designed as symbolic of  "old
world banking - a 'key' for security and a 'treasure chest' for safeguarding

Back of the building (CNB 2013)

money. The 'treasure chest' is represented by the barrel-vault form of the central spine that serves as a continuous roof light along the top of the building." The 'key' can only be observed from overhead. Since I am neither bat nor bird I cannot confirm this myself. The architect of this rather unique building is Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin.

The location of this Cash Centre is right smack in the city centre with roads running all around it. In fact many do not even realise it is there. I used to pass by it many times but never noticed the building until I found it listed in the book "Landmarks of Selangor".

Ref: Landmarks of Selangor. Jugra Publications, 2003.