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…
The Asian House showcases, for the first time, outstanding contemporary houses from five Southeast Asian countries in a single volume. This book demonstrates how a generation of post-colonial architects have successfully drawn upon their rich cultural backgrounds to produce modern Southeast Asian dwellings. Vernacular architectural forms, spatial relationships and indigenous materials are adap…