Rabu, 16 April 2014

Villa Isola.

A very beautiful art deco building located in Lembang,
North Bandung, was onced a hotel under Savoy Homann.
Completed in 1933 by Wolff Schoemaker, a Dutch architect
as a house for Dominique Willem Berretty, a Dutch
media tycoon.
Above the reception room, Berretty placed a placard
which written;
'M'I ISOLO E VIVO'
( I isolate myself and live)
He died  in a plane crash in Syria in December 1934.
He lived only a few months here.
(wikipedia)
 
 
 
 
 

Kamis, 10 April 2014

Gereja Ayam.

In loving memory of my grandmother who always stopped
whenever passed this building and pointed to the
chicken figure at the roof top,
'look, a chicken' she mentioned. At that time I didn't
know what's so special about that, I would prefered
a real chicken instead.
It took me decades to realized it's beauty.
 
A beautiful Dutch Colonial Church located in
Pasar Baroe, Jakarta.