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[1] In the United States, several companies, including Sears Catalog Homes, began offering mail-order kit homes between 1902 and 1910. [2] The Forest Products Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Forest Service, put extensive research into prefabricated homes in the 1930s, including building one for the 1935 Madison Home Show. [3]
Rangkiang (also lumbuang) [1] is a granary or rice barn that the Minangkabau people used to keep rice in. The rangkiang is a distinctive feature of Minangkabau architecture. The structure is traditionally found in the courtyard of a rumah gadang, the traditional house of Minangkabau people.
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra. With few exceptions, the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago share a common Austronesian ancestry (originating in Taiwan, c. 6,000 years ago [4]) or Sundaland, a sunken area in Southeast Asia, and the traditional homes of Indonesia share a number of characteristics, such as timber construction and varied and elaborate roof structures. [4]
[1] Mbaru Niang is built with seven houses arranged in a circular shape on flat land. In the middle of the circle, there is an altar called compang. Compang is the central point of the seven Mbaru Niang houses, and it is the most sacred location for the Manggarainese in Wae Rebo. The compang altar is used to worship God and ancestral spirits. [1]
The simplest type of Balinese house compound. Legend: 1. Natah 2. Sanggah Kemulan 3. Bale daja or meten 4. Bale dangin or sikepat 5. Bale dauh or tiang sanga 6. Bale delod or sekenam 7. Paon 8. Lumbung 9. a pigsty 10. Lawang 11. Aling-aling 12. Sanggah pengijeng karang. Balinese traditional house refers to the traditional house of Balinese ...
Rumah Gajah Manyusu di Birayang: Balai Laki A type of traditional house of the Banjar people. In the time of the old kingdom, this house was a part of the palace complex. Rumah Balai Laki was the house for officials such as the ministers. a "Dahi Lawang", the ventilation above the window of a Balai Laki: Balai Bini Part of a Banjarese palace ...
Tanah Datar Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The regency has an area of 1,337.1 km 2 and had a population of 338,484 at the 2010 Census, [2] which rose to 371,704 at the 2020 Census. [3] The official estimate as of mid-2023 was 383,676 - comprising 193,190 males and 190,490 females. [1]
The palace has three stories with 72 pillars and the typical Rumah Gadang gonjong, a horn-like curved roof made from 26 tons of black ijuk aren palm fibers. The palace is also furnished with over 100 replicas of Minang antique furniture and artifacts, aiming the palace to be revived as Minangkabau cultural center as well as a tourism attraction ...