Indies Empire architecture

Indies Empire Style
Istana Bogor, an early Indies Empire style residential building with its stone columns, symmetrical plan and side pavilions.
Years activemid-18th century–late 19th century
LocationDutch East Indies
Influencesneoclassical, Empire Style

Indies Empire style (Dutch: Indisch Rijksstijl) is an architectural style that flourished in the colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the middle of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century.[1] The style is an imitation of the neoclassical Empire Style which was popular in mid-19th-century France. Conformed to the tropical setting of Indonesia, the style became known in the Dutch East Indies as the Indies Empire style.

  1. ^ Handinoto 1994, pp. 1.