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Book Description
Mosques of Indonesia: Architecture Across The Archipelago presents a visual and cultural journey through the diverse architectural language of Indonesian mosques. Created for distinguished guests of the D-8 Summit, this book captures how faith, history, and local identity come together across the archipelago.
From Nusantara traditional vernacular forms to royal and sultanate influences, from contemporary regional interpretations to modernist expressions, each mosque reflects a layered story shaped by time and cultural exchange. This collection reveals that Indonesian mosque architecture is not singular, but a living dialogue between tradition and transformation.
What sets this book apart is its approach. Each mosque is reinterpreted through illustration, carefully preserving its original form while offering a fresh visual perspective. The result is both a documentation and a creative tribute, inviting readers to see familiar structures with renewed attention.
Book Synopsis
Mosques of Indonesia: Architecture Across The Archipelago traces the many forms of mosque architecture shaped across a vast island nation. Organized into five architectural lenses, from Nusantara traditional vernacular, royal sultanate heritage, crossroads of civilizations, modernist internationalism, and contemporary regional interpretations, the book moves through Indonesia as both place and idea.
Blending visual curation with narrative insight, it reveals how mosques emerge not only as places of worship, but as reflections of cultural exchange, local craftsmanship, and evolving identities. Each structure carries the imprint of its surroundings, shaped by history, trade, belief, and community.
Through carefully reinterpreted illustrations that preserve each mosque’s original form, this book offers a renewed way of seeing. It invites readers to understand Indonesia as an archipelago of stories, where architecture becomes a quiet record of connection, continuity, and change.
Penulis: Irfan Hermawan, Jovian Yusra Luthfan Djamhoer
Terbit: April 2026
Ukuran: 28,5 x 28,5
Stok: 0 Eksemplar
Berat: 0,60 kg
Versi cetak: Tersedia
Versi digital: Tidak tersedia