Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), [1] is a type of traditional house found in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. They can also be found in Baturaja. The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, with a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In Palembang, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status. [2]
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Cited works
- Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi (2005). The Architectural Heritage of the Malay World: The Traditional Houses. Skudai: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. ISBN 9789835203572.
- Taal, Sandra (2008). Schefold, Reimar; Nas, Peter J.M.; Domenig, Gaudenz; Wessing, Robert (eds.). The limas house of Palembang. Indonesian Houses: Survey of vernacular architecture in western Indonesia. Vol. 2. Leiden: KITLV Press. ISBN 9789004253988.
- Taal, Sandra (2004). Schefold, Reimar; Nas, Peter J.M.; Domenig, Gaudenz (eds.). Change and diversification in form and function of the limas house of Palembang - Indonesian Houses: Tradition and Transformation in Vernacular Architecture. Leiden Series on Indonesian Architecture. Vol. 1. Singapore: Singapore University Press. ISBN 9789971692926.
- Taal, Sandra (2002). Nas, Peter J.M. (ed.). Cultural expressions, collective memory and the urban landscape in Palembang - The Indonesian Town Revisited. Southeast Asian Dynamics. Vol. 1. Münster: LIT Verlag. ISBN 9783825860387.
- Wan Hashim; Abdul Halim Nasir (2011). The Traditional Malay House. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia. ISBN 9789830683843.
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Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), [1] is a type of traditional house found in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. They can also be found in Baturaja. The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, with a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In Palembang, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status. [2]
See also
Cited works
- Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi (2005). The Architectural Heritage of the Malay World: The Traditional Houses. Skudai: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. ISBN 9789835203572.
- Taal, Sandra (2008). Schefold, Reimar; Nas, Peter J.M.; Domenig, Gaudenz; Wessing, Robert (eds.). The limas house of Palembang. Indonesian Houses: Survey of vernacular architecture in western Indonesia. Vol. 2. Leiden: KITLV Press. ISBN 9789004253988.
- Taal, Sandra (2004). Schefold, Reimar; Nas, Peter J.M.; Domenig, Gaudenz (eds.). Change and diversification in form and function of the limas house of Palembang - Indonesian Houses: Tradition and Transformation in Vernacular Architecture. Leiden Series on Indonesian Architecture. Vol. 1. Singapore: Singapore University Press. ISBN 9789971692926.
- Taal, Sandra (2002). Nas, Peter J.M. (ed.). Cultural expressions, collective memory and the urban landscape in Palembang - The Indonesian Town Revisited. Southeast Asian Dynamics. Vol. 1. Münster: LIT Verlag. ISBN 9783825860387.
- Wan Hashim; Abdul Halim Nasir (2011). The Traditional Malay House. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia. ISBN 9789830683843.