Rumah limas explained
Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), 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.
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Cited works
- Book: Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi . 2005 . The Architectural Heritage of the Malay World: The Traditional Houses . Skudai . Universiti Teknologi Malaysia . 9789835203572 .
- Book: Taal, Sandra . Schefold . Reimar . Nas . Peter J.M. . Domenig . Gaudenz . Wessing . Robert. Indonesian Houses: Survey of vernacular architecture in western Indonesia . 2 . 2008 . The limas house of Palembang . Leiden . KITLV Press . 9789004253988 .
- Book: Taal, Sandra . Schefold . Reimar . Nas . Peter J.M. . Domenig . Gaudenz . Leiden Series on Indonesian Architecture . 1 . 2004 . Change and diversification in form and function of the limas house of Palembang - Indonesian Houses: Tradition and Transformation in Vernacular Architecture . Singapore. Singapore University Press. 9789971692926 .
- Book: Taal, Sandra . Nas . Peter J.M. . 2002 . Cultural expressions, collective memory and the urban landscape in Palembang - The Indonesian Town Revisited . Southeast Asian Dynamics . 1 . Münster . LIT Verlag . 9783825860387 .
- Book: Wan Hashim . Abdul Halim Nasir . 2011 . The Traditional Malay House . Kuala Lumpur . Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia . 9789830683843 .
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