Modern Bali House | House 1 | Mas | Bali | Indonesia | Alexis Dornier

Designed around three historic 'centerpieces' of traditional javanese 'joglo' building style, the steel structure becomes the contemporary continuation of the structure.
skylights and a floating mezzanine level highlight respect the 3 artifacts as 'objet trouvé'. The person can explore these artifacts like an archaeologist, from every angle through a 3 dimensional experience.
under the loft like living room are two master guest suites with bathrooms - accessed through a suspended spiral staircase......more

Contemporary Indonesian House | House In Nursery | Indonesia | Wahana Architects

Little surprising to see the house that was built only wide area of ​​300 m2 on a land area of ​​4000 m2. It's right at the back end of the land, so it is not seen as a massive structure of the outer gate, even nearly disappeared, blending with the surrounding vegetation. Architect Rudy Kelana along with Gerard Sahat of spacecraft Notices conformable explains that the concept of this house do not want too look stand out in her neighborhood who still form the township. The entrance to the house which became the ground floor was accidentally dropped from an elevation essentially dredged more than 1 meter tall, so the more hidden again. The living room was left open as a terrace with a separate bulkhead wall from the entrance........more

Modern Tropical House | Jakarta, Indonesia | Djuhara + Djuhara Architects

In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ahmad Djuhara is on a one-man crusade to blow away the conservative cobwebs of the city’s dowdy suburban architecture.
Combine the eight and a half million people living in Jakarta, Indonesia’s humid capital, with those dwelling in its nearby satellite conurbations of Bogor, Tangerang, and Bekasi (together known by the portmanteau “Jabotabek”) and you’ve got a combined population that approaches 20 million. Amidst the largely planless urban sprawl, you’ll find gleaming modern skyscrapers jostling with mounting ruins of the city’s crumbling colonial heritage.
Bekasi, just down a highly accessible toll road, isn’t as densely packed as Jakarta proper, but with a population of more than two million, it’s hardly a garden suburb. Nonetheless, the prospect of a little more space, cheaper housing, and the work of architect Ahmad Djuhara got Nugroho Wisnu and his family thinking about a new home outside of town.
Wisnu and his wife, Tri Sundari, both come from Indonesia’s rather conservative Javanese culture; however, the couple, who both trained in the petroleum industry—Wisnu now works for BP and travels around the country—clearly have a sense of architectural adventure. And considering that the first house they bought in Bekasi proved better for insects than humans—it was uncomfortable, badly designed, and infested with termites—they thought it was time to shop around.
“We thought that an all-steel house like the one that Mr. Djuhara had built just down the road would be termite resistant,” Wisnu explains. “However, he proved difficult to pin down as he is a very busy man. We also feared that an in-demand architect would be prohibitively expensive.”
Djuhara + Djuhara, the firm Ahmad runs with his wife, Wendy, designed several high-profile bars and restaurants in central Jakarta, and as chair of the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Institute of Architects, Djuhara helped to modernize the city’s rather draconian planning regulations. His first attempt at a suburban house—the one that caught Wisnu’s eye—was startlingly original and cocked a snook at critics who claim that young Indonesian architects only work on luxury hotels.

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