Jan van Dullemen
Tropical Modernity. Life and Work of C.P. Wolff Schoemaker
Amsterdam, Sun, 2010
272 pp. ISBN 978-908-5068-79-2
Synopsis
The book gives an interesting overview and insight into the life and work of the Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker (1882-1949), the Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia. The book offers a great introduction to projects such as Villa Isola [Bandung, 1933], Koloniale Bank [Surabaya, 1940] and Nederlandse Handelsmaatschappij [Batavia/Jakarta, 1922].
It provides a comprehensive introduction to a debate that has often been overlooked in the official architectural agenda and theories about modernism at the beginning of the 20th century.