Kuching: Colonial Residential Neighborhoods
The great majority of Kuching's residents live in post-colonial housing, but older bits survive on the waterfront upstream from the town's center.
Most of the houses of the Brooke era are elevated, metal-clad, and hip-roofed. Here's one in good shape.
A simpler example.
Simple but with classically inspired columns.
New roof.
Propped to postpone the inevitable.
The basic form is still popular.
In this case a wing has been added.