Fronting the Merdeka Square, the Sultan Abdul Samad Building was built as the offices of the Colonial Secretariat, and later served as the first administrative centre of the Malayan government. Built in 1897 by British architects, A C Norman and A B Hubback, this historical landmark is famed for its Islamic-inspired architecture. Today, it houses the Courts of Law. The 40-m-high clock tower is a popular gathering-point for New Year and National Day countdown celebrations and parades. The building was in fact named after the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Abdul Samad (reigning 1857-98), who ruled over Selangor and Kuala Lumpur when the building was completed. Since 2026 it houses a museum which showcases the history of the building and Malaysia in general.

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad; Jawi: باڠونن سلطان عبدالصمد) is a late-19th-century building located along Jalan Raja in front of Dataran Merdeka and the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974, it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.

The building once housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya; the Federal Court and the Court of Appeals relocated to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya in 2003, while the High Court of Malaya shifted to the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Segambut in 2007. Later, it housed the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia.

The building was most recently restored in 2026, and contains galleries, exhibition spaces and several cafés.