Lim Chong Keat

Lim Chong Keat is a Malaysian architect and botanist.
He trained at the University of Manchester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He considers himself to be a comprehensivist and universalist, like his role model Buckminster Fuller. He designed the KOMTAR Tower, in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia and Jurong [Town Hall] in Singapore.
He is a self-taught botanist. He has discovered and named about 40 palms and gingers.
He is the younger brother of Lim Chong Eu.