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SAMUEL A. BUDIONO

Biography

Samuel A. Budiono, M.Arch, BSAS, IAI is an architect, composer, jazz pianist, and Founder / President of his firm SAMUEL A. BUDIONO & ASSOCIATES. He studied and worked in the United States before moving back to Indonesia to open his own office. He holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA. In addition, he received architectural training from the Europe Study Program in Paris, France and Berlin, Germany.

Samuel A. Budiono is an award-winning architect with the heart for music. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist & composer who has produced record albums. His musical talents give a lyrical touch to his architecture. Melodious forms, harmonizing with nature, and soulful rhythmic patterns are the characteristic of his creative process. His passion for music and architecture are inseparable, they fill each other to a perfect harmony.

Philosophy

Budiono's favorite jazz pianist Theloniuous Monk once said: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." That saying is exactly the kind of thought that gets him started his design process in architecture. Samuel A. Budiono's philosophy: "Composing in architecture is like designing in music."

Being an accomplished jazz pianist and composer that has produced record albums, his musical talents give a lyrical touch to his architecture. Melodious forms, harmonizing with nature, and soulful rhythmic patterns are the characteristic of his creative process. His passion for music and architecture are inseparable, they fill each other to a perfect harmony.

He enjoys designing dynamic and visually stimulating building as much as he enjoys improvising on his music. He sees architecture as jazz music, it is about freedom to explore new ideas. His architecture is a joy to the senses and uplifts the spirit. It is about feeling. And that feeling is what he devotes his lives to chasing, and making possible.

Music architecture becomes Samuel A. Budiono's trade mark of his approach to bind together about composing in music and designing in architecture. They work as a symbiosis mutualistic to give spiritual meanings for both music and architecture. It is a way to see another dimension in life from the heart.

Awards

A number of prestigious awards that have been achieved including the Winner of People's Choice Award at World Architecture Festival & Inside World Festival of Interiors in Barcelona, World Architecture Awards, Cityscape Architectural Review Awards in Dubai, SIA-Getz Architecture Prize Nominee for Emergent Architecture in Asia, BCI Asia Interior Design Awards, HDII Award, Prestasi Nusantara MURI.

Projects

• The Cloud, Jakarta (conceptual design) • The Journey, Bandung (conceptual design) • GMS, Surabaya (to be completed 2021) • Ahava Chapel, Bandung (completed 2018) • Stairway From Heaven, Bandung (completed 2017) • MSCS, Surabaya (completed 2016) • Agropark, Pandaan (completed 2015) • Harmony House, Jakarta (completed 2014) • Spin House, Pandaan (completed 2013) • 2 Axis House, Surabaya (completed 2012) • The Range, Surabaya (completed 2011) • Favour@Central, Jakarta (completed 2010) • My Home, Medan (completed 2009) • Bali Mandira Resort & Spa, Bali (completed 2008) • Phoenix Heritage Hotel, Yogyakarta (completed 2001) • Galleria, Yogyakarta (completed 2000) • Aminta Plaza, Jakarta (completed 1995) • Finna Golf & Country Club (completed 1994)