The Green Embassy in Menteng
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
ROMO Adolf Heuken, 82, may be surprised by the presence of the Austrian embassy building amid the style of Indische bouwstijl or East Indies architecture in Menteng, Central Jakarta. The author of Menteng: Kota Taman Pertama di Indonesia (Menteng: First City of Parks in Indonesia, 2001) is disappointed because the works of Dutch architect P. A. J. Moojen, in the 19th century tropical style, are contaminated by rows of un-methodically built, mixed
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