The PAM Awards, inaugurated in 1986, is the premier award for architecture in recognition of excellence in the country's architecture. In so doing, the awards promote good architecture to the public.
The Awards include the following categories: Single Residential; Repetitive Residential (including terraced houses, condominiums and apartments); Industrial, Commercial; Public And Civic; Conservation And Adaptive Reuse; Hotels And Resorts; Recreational And Sports; Planning; Urban Design as well as Interior Design. There is also the Jury Special Awards to be given by the jurors at their discretion.
Known Malaysian architect, Hijjas Kasturi was the convener for the awards. The panel of five judges consists of four professionals from the local and regional architectural fraternity and a prominent public figure: young Malaysian architect Ang Chee Cheong; Duangrit Bunnag, Vice-President International Affairs of the Association Of Siamese Architects; academician Prof. Ezrin Arbi, Dean of Faculty of Built Environment at University of Malaya; John Ting Kang Chung, President at Singapore Institute of Architects; and representing the public as a laymember judge is Dato' Zawiyah Baba, Director-General of National Library Malaysia.
Three types of awards would be given to the 11 categories - the first is the winner, the second is an honorary mention and the third, a mention - these are the equivalent to gold, silver and bronze medals.
This year, PAM received 123 nominations with 81 submissions that qualified for shortlisting. Twenty-nine entries were shortlisted for
final judging. However, only six categories were deemed worthy for the awards and these categories were: Single Residential, Public And Civic, Industrial, Commercial, Adaptive Reuse and Interior Design.

The list of award winners is as follows:

WINNER
SINGLE RESIDENTIAL - The Serendah House
by RDA-Harris Architects
PUBLIC AND CIVIC - Visitors' Interpretative Centre by CWN Architects Sdn. Bhd.

HONORARY MENTION
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING - Four-storey Multi-functional Buildi by Chan Seng Kee
COMMERCIAL BUILDING - Armanee Marketing Complex by Archicentre Sdn. Bhd.

PUBLIC AND CIVIC
KL Sentral Station by Perunding Alam Bina Sdn. Bhd. ADAPTIVE REUSE - ABN-AMRO House, 1904
by Laurence Loh Akitek
INTERIOR DESIGN - Office at Plaza Mont'Kiara
by Ken Wong Architect

MENTION
COMMERCIAL BUILDING - Enterprise 4 by DBA Akitek (M) Sdn. Bhd.
INTERIOR DESIGN - Bon Bon Restaurant by Ken Wong Architect

JURY'S SPECIAL AWARD
PUBLIC & CIVIC - Visitors' Interpretative Centre by CWN Architects Sdn. Bhd.