Sarinah Building | |
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Gedung Sarinah | |
Record height | |
Tallest in Indonesia from 1962 to 1967[I] | |
Preceded by | position created |
Surpassed by | Wisma Nusantara |
General information | |
Type | Commercial |
Architectural style | International style, Postmodernism |
Address | Jalan M. H. Thamrin No. 11 Gondangdia, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia |
Coordinates | 6°11′15″S 106°49′26″E / 6.187587°S 106.823829°E |
Opened | August 1966 (renovated in 2020-2022) |
Owner | Sarinah |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm |
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Developer | |
Main contractor | Obayashi Corporation |
Other information | |
Public transit access | M.H. Thamrin |
Website | |
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Sarinah Building (Indonesian: Gedung Sarinah) is a 74-metre tall 15-floor department store in Gondangdia, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first skyscraper to be built in Jakarta.
Sarinah is located at the intersection of Jalan Kyai Haji Wahid Hasyim and Jalan M. H. Thamrin. It was Jakarta's first modern department store, famous for having Indonesia's first escalators (installed by Hitachi), for being air-conditioned and for having electronic cash registers.[1]