Author(s): Robert Powell

Architecture

"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 of its exhilarating architectural expressions in any global setting.