The walkway to the Pantai Restaurant from The Empire Hotel Brunei. The roof is in the style of Malay House roofs “The roof of traditional Malay houses are designed to provide shade and protection from heat and rain, as well as to provide ventilation. The basic design of a roof on a Malay house is gabled roof, an extended frame with ornaments on the edges of the roof. The vernacular Malay roof is best suited for hot and humid tropical climates.”