Editing Attap dwelling (section)

{{Short description|Traditional house of Southeast Asia}}
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een huis met een dak en wanden van atap Molukken TMnr 10011491.jpg|thumb|A house with attap roof and walls. Image: [[Tropenmuseum]].]]
[[File:YosriAtapNipah1.jpg|thumb|Detail of attap roof thatching]]
An '''attap dwelling''' is traditional housing found in the [[kampong]]s of [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]]. Named after the [[Nypa fruticans|attap palm]], which provides the [[Wattle (construction)|wattle]] for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are [[thatched]],<ref>Normand-Prunieres, p. 4</ref> these dwellings can range from huts to substantial houses. Until the nineteenth century even significant public buildings such as [[temple]]s were built in this manner. The attap dwelling was used as the inspiration for the natural cross ventilation system for [[Newton Suites]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newton Suites WOHA|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/woha-singapore/project/newton-suites|access-date=2020-06-07|website=World-Architects|language=en}}</ref> by [[WOHA]] Architects, Singapore.