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Bolon Lofts — contemporary 1BR loft inspired by traditional Sumatran Bolon houses

1BR Island Loft · Kuta, Lombok · 2022

Bolon Lofts

Our contemporary take on traditional Indonesian Bolon architecture — a 1BR island retreat across three floors.

A contemporary Bolon

A contemporary take on one of our favourite styles of Indonesian traditional architectural design — the Bolon Loft is a 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom island retreat set across three floors. The roofline, the timber posts, and the lofted sleeping platform are pulled directly from the Sumatran Bolon typology, refined for tropical resort living without erasing the lineage.

Spaces

Downstairs is open: kitchen, living, and outdoor pavilion blur into one continuous room that opens onto the garden. Upstairs is a single, generous suite with its own balcony and a roofline tall enough to feel ceremonial. Detailed for the kind of low-maintenance, durable use that island rental developments actually need.

The whitepaper

A whitepaper on the Bolon archetype — and on Indonesia’s broader history of prefabricated, modular, demountable architecture — sits in the journal.

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Roofed but open or partly open — covered terraces, lanais, open-walled living areas, free-standing pavilions and salas common in tropical builds.

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