Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tiny Javanese Joglo Houses



In my travels through Bali and Java I would often see antique Javanese JOGLO houses for sale. They were actually designed and built to be able to be dismantled and moved easily.

The images attached I took at an antiques store in Ubud in Bali.The price they had on this one was approximately $8,000 USD, but if you shop around you can buy even larger ones for less.

These fabulous antique traditional bungalows, also known as Joglo, Limasan, and Gladeck, depending on their style, make the perfect guest houses for mild climates, either for private use or in hotel settings. They are very limited and not easy to find in the USA.

These one-of-a-kind traditional Javanese houses are usually at least 100 years old and made from durable maintenance free teak wood, featuring beautifully carved details and elevated floors. Gathered from remote villages throughout Indonesia.

Sizes vary: Gladeck: 172 sqf - 450 sqf (16 sqm - 42 sqm)
Limasan & Joglo: 1000 sqf - 1500 sqf (93 sqm - 140 sqm)

Unlike modern structures pounded and fixed together with nails, brackets and toxic adhesives, joglos are fit together like giant puzzles; you won't find a single nail or screw in the entire building. The joglo was originally a four-sided structure enclosed by dozens of three-by-one metre panels. {Read on}