Rumah limas

This article is about limas house of Palembang. For the Malay limas house (rumah Melayu atap limas), prominent in places likeRiauandMalaysia,seeMalay houses.

Limas house with its typical multi-level floor inTaman Mini Indonesia Indah,Jakarta

Rumah limas( "limas house" ), also known asrumah bari( "old house" ),is a type of traditional house found inPalembang,South Sumatra,Indonesia.It can also be found inBaturaja.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. InPalembang,these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status.

Rumah rakitin 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 ofPangeran Syarif Abdurachman Alhabsiin theBalaputradeva Museumis featured on an Indonesian banknote.

See also

• Malay houses
• Architecture of Indonesia
• Rumah adat

Cited works

• Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi (2005).The Architectural Heritage of the Malay World: The Traditional Houses.Skudai: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.ISBN9789835203572.
• 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.
• 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.ISBN9783825860387.
• Wan Hashim; Abdul Halim Nasir (2011).The Traditional Malay House.Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia.ISBN9789830683843.

External links

• Images of notable limas houses