This article is about limas house of Palembang. For the Malay limas house (rumah Melayu atap limas), prominent in places like
Riau and
Malaysia, see
Malay houses.
Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"),[1] is a type of traditional house found in
Palembang,
South Sumatra,
Indonesia. It 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, a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In
Palembang, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status.[2]
Rumah rakit in Musi River bank near Palembang in 1917.A front facade of a limas house is in the background.Rumah limas of IDR 10000 banknote is now located in Museum Balaputradewa, Palembang.Side view plan of rumah limas.The limas house of
Pangeran Syarif Abdurachman Alhabsi in the
Balaputradeva Museum is featured on an Indonesian banknote.
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.
ISBN9789004253988.
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.
ISBN9789971692926.
This article is about limas house of Palembang. For the Malay limas house (rumah Melayu atap limas), prominent in places like
Riau and
Malaysia, see
Malay houses.
Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"),[1] is a type of traditional house found in
Palembang,
South Sumatra,
Indonesia. It 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, a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In
Palembang, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status.[2]
Rumah rakit in Musi River bank near Palembang in 1917.A front facade of a limas house is in the background.Rumah limas of IDR 10000 banknote is now located in Museum Balaputradewa, Palembang.Side view plan of rumah limas.The limas house of
Pangeran Syarif Abdurachman Alhabsi in the
Balaputradeva Museum is featured on an Indonesian banknote.
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.
ISBN9789004253988.
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.
ISBN9789971692926.