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Summary
Summary
The New Indonesian House presents twenty-eight homes in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali that illustrate the remarkable advances that have taken place in residential design in Indonesia over the last two decades.
Indonesia's new generation of architects demonstrates not only their Absorption of modern influences from the West and the more recent processes of globalization but also their sensitivity to the physical environment, the social context and the aspirations of the leading elite. With its stunning color photographs, The New Indonesian House will both delight and inspire the application e of its exhilarating architectural expressions in any global setting.
Author Notes
Robert Powell is an architect and writer. Currently Project Director and Head of Ecomasterplanning with Llewelyn Davies Yeang (London), he is working with Ken Yeang on projects in Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Qatar. He is the author of 30 books and writes occasionally for Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Dialogue (Taiwan) and Monument (Australia).
Albert Lim Koon Seng is an acclaimed Singapore-based architectural photographer whose images have been published extensively in architectural journals including A+U (Japan), Architectural Review, Singapore Architect, SPACE (Singapore) E and Monument (Australia).
Reviews 1
Library Journal Review
Not one but 27 stylish homes by young architects from the past 20 years are featured here, spectacularly fusing cultural identity with modernism. Architect-author Powell has numerous writings on Southeast Asian contemporary architecture to his credit, and this book is very similar in design to his Singapore Houses. His informative, easy-to-read manner is a step up from coffee-table conversation and is accompanied by simple floor plans, plus hundreds of exceptional full-color images by architectural photographer Lim K.S. The introduction spotlights Indonesian history and how these trendy architects responded to myriad influences: national, global, and balancing natural or human-made elements while respecting vegetation, customs, and public and private space. An inspiring entry is Rumah Botol, which tastefully reuses 30,000 brown Red Bull bottles to grace 60 percent of the faAade. All the designs are lush and inviting, so readers will want to visit these high-lifestyle island and urban dwellings to experience their aesthetics fully. Verdict Featuring an attractive layout, documentation, and a directory to facilitate research, these "enviable dwellings" and Powell's passionate discussion of their creative process will entice students, home builders, designers, and architects to learn more.-Marianne Laino Sade, Maryland Inst. Coll. of Art Lib., Baltimore (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
