It goes without saying that one building after the other was built in the Dutch East Indies, the current Indonesia. Newspapers jubilated ‘again a jewel for the city.’ The man behind it was Eduard Cuypers (1859-1927). With his firm he was one of the most celebrated architects in the Netherlands around 1900. He has fallen into oblivion due to changed views in architecture. Landmarks from a Bygone Era quantity
Obbe H. Norbruis graduated architecture and urban design at the University of Delft. He did research in that area. He worked in the Netherlands as a designer and consultant for various agencies and countless municipalities. Interested in architecture and urbanism from the colonial past, he expanded his field of research to Indonesia.