Rumah adat are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of Indonesia, collectively belonging to the Austronesian architecture. The traditional houses and settlements of the several hundreds ethnic groups of Indonesia are extremely varied and all have their own specific history. It is the Indonesian variants of the whole Austronesian architecture found all over places where Austronesian people inhabited from the Pacific to Madagascar each having their own history, culture and style.
Traditional house in Nias; its post, beam and lintel construction with flexible nail-less joints, and non-load bearing walls are typical of rumah adat
A fishing village of pile houses in the Riau archipelago
Rumoh Aceh, Aceh
A traditional Batak Toba house, North Sumatra
Architecture of Indonesia
The architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of cultural, historical, and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonizers, missionaries, merchants, and traders brought cultural changes that had a profound effect on building styles and techniques.
Pagaruyung Palace, a Minangkabau architecture from West Sumatra
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra
An avenue of houses in a Torajan village.
Traditional Minangkabau house in West Sumatra.