Browse 12 facade looks for an existing Malaysian shophouse, from a new glass shop front to a heritage colour scheme, then see what each involves.
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A shophouse facade has three layers that work together: the shop front at ground level behind the five-foot way, the signage band between the floors, and the upper-floor windows above, all in a row with the neighbours. Most facade makeovers keep the building and refresh those layers: an aluminium-and-glass front with a shutter, a clean signboard band, a canopy and lighting for the walkway, and a new colour or screen upstairs. The five-foot way is a shared walkway, so canopies and outdoor seating need the council's permission, signboards need a council permit, and older heritage rows may have their own controls. These 12 concept designs show modern, heritage and five-foot-way ideas. Use the filters below to narrow them by style.
Each design below is an illustrative concept render of an existing Malaysian shophouse front after a makeover, grouped by style. Tap any image to enlarge it. Every card links to the ClickBina guide that covers the shopfront, canopy, signage, cladding or paint behind that look.
12 designs shown
Illustrative concept design · Modern
Charcoal aluminium-and-glass shop fronts with grid transoms and glazed doors set behind white columns, a five-foot way in front.
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shopfront options →Illustrative concept design · Five-foot way
A long covered walkway with square columns clad in timber-look panels, a light tiled floor and downlights, shop glazing on one side.
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exterior cladding options →Illustrative concept design · Heritage
A mint green shophouse row with white mouldings and pilasters, dark green timber louvred shutters upstairs and green doors at the five-foot way.
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the exterior repaint process →Illustrative concept design · Modern
A white shophouse with a plain blank band between the floors above a recessed glass shop front lit by a slim light strip, behind five-foot way columns.
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signboard installation →Illustrative concept design · Modern
White perforated metal screen panels cover the upper floor of a shophouse above plain glass shop fronts and a five-foot way.
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ACP and facade panels →Illustrative concept design · Five-foot way
A frosted glass canopy on steel arms runs over the five-foot way of an older shophouse row with stone-look columns and timber doors.
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five-foot way canopies →Illustrative concept design · Five-foot way
A cafe shophouse at dusk with a full-width black-framed glass front, timber tables and cone pendants inside, and a planted ledge above.
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frameless glass shopfront doors →Illustrative concept design · Modern
A row of black-framed glass shop fronts under slim black canopies, with plain slatted roller shutters on the neighbouring units.
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roller shutter types →Illustrative concept design · Five-foot way
A five-foot way at night lit by warm recessed downlights and a cove strip, with blank hanging sign boxes and glass shop fronts.
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outdoor lighting →Illustrative concept design · Heritage
A cream shophouse whose upper floor has tall glass doors and a black steel railed balcony with potted plants, above a glass shop front.
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upper-floor residential conversion →Illustrative concept design · Modern
A white shophouse row with planter boxes along the upper ledges spilling trailing plants, and planters along the five-foot way.
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planter box waterproofing →Illustrative concept design · Heritage
A long two-storey shophouse row in terracotta orange and off-white, with decorative balcony panels, window grilles and doors along the walkway.
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house colour palettes →These are illustrative concept designs created to show makeover options for an existing shophouse front. They are not completed ClickBina projects or architectural designs for a new building. Your shophouse is assessed and quoted to its own frontage, landlord and council rules.
More galleries: browse all design ideas by area of the house, from cabinets and kitchens to porches and grilles.
Start with who controls what. ClickBina's five-foot way guide explains that the walkway in front of a shoplot is a shared space, not part of your unit, so the council, the building owner or management and, for a tenant, the landlord all have a say in what happens at the frontage. Inside your own unit you have more freedom.
A row of shophouses reads as one building, so a facade that suits the neighbours usually looks better and gets approved more easily than one that fights them.
| Layer | Common upgrades | Who to ask first |
|---|---|---|
| Shop front (ground floor) | Aluminium-glass front, folding doors, roller shutter | Landlord; council for frontage changes |
| Five-foot way | Canopy, lighting, floor tiles, column cladding | Council and building owner or management |
| Signage band | One approved signboard, lighting | Council signboard permit |
| Upper floors | Repaint, louvres, screens, balcony, planters | Owner, neighbours; council for structural changes |
| Heritage rows | Restoration in original colours and materials | Council heritage controls |
| Business | Usually works | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Retail shop | Aluminium-glass front with a grille shutter, clean sign band | Display lighting and glare |
| Cafe or restaurant | Folding glass front, five-foot way canopy and lighting | Permission for outdoor tables |
| Clinic or office | Aluminium-glass with frosted bands, simple sign | Privacy and a clear entrance |
| Home upstairs | Balcony, louvres or screens, planters | Change-of-use approval |
Shop fronts and facades are quoted per job, because frontage width, height, glass, shutter type, access and approvals vary. The figures on ClickBina's guides give the scale (indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026): a standard shop fit-out including a simple shopfront at RM80 – RM150 per sq ft of shop floor, a polycarbonate canopy at RM350 – RM700 per metre run or a retractable canvas awning at RM400 – RM900, a full flat roof waterproofing system at RM8 – RM20 per sq ft, and, as a yardstick for paint, RM2,000 – RM4,000 to repaint the outside of a single-storey terrace. Operating a sign without the council's permit risks fines of about RM250 to RM5,000.
Ask for the shopfront, shutter, canopy, signage, paint and approvals to be listed separately, so you can see what each layer costs and phase it.
ClickBina is an experienced KL & Selangor contractor for shoplot renovation and trade coordination. WhatsApp us your job details for a quote: the address or area, whether you own or rent, the frontage width, and the looks from this page you like. Council, landlord and signage approvals are planned in from the start, we reply within the hour, and the price we agree is a flat price with no hidden charges.
About the images: every image on this page is an illustrative concept design generated to show a makeover option for an existing shophouse front. Captions describe what each render shows. RM figures are quoted unchanged from the ClickBina guides named above, indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026.
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