SAMUEL A. BUDIONO & ASSOCIATES
ARCHITECT/PLANNER/INTERIOR DESIGNER
SAMUEL A. BUDIONO - “Building The Dreams”
With the population of over 10 million people, Jakarta is known as the metropolitan city of lndonesia. A melting pot of many communities, the capital city of lndonesia is also famous for its tall buildings, office areas and big malls making people all over Indonesian archipelago want to migrate there. A fast-growing city, Jakarta surely is different than ten years ago when there weren't many skyscrapers built all around the city. Seeing these tall buildings being built meaning that architecture is one of the growing industries in Indonesia.
Not a lot of people realize that Indonesia has the best architects who have built award-winning buildings and being recognized internationally. Samuel A. Budiono, M.Arch, BSAS, IAI is one of the examples. He is an Indonesian architect who has received many awards for his designs. Growing up, Samuel has always had the passion for architecture. He likes to travel around the world and visit award-winning architecture designed by star architects to expand his knowledge about a field that he's interested in. Samuel probably has always known that when he grew up, he wanted to be an architect. That is why he pursued the degree to the United States for Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA. In addition, Samuel also took Jazz Improvisation Studies at the same university and became the first Architecture major representative to perform at Jazz Festivals around the Midwestern United States. Samuel founded SAMUEL A. BUDIONO & ASSOCIATES, a full-service architectural firm with the philosophy that design is a total concept, which started in Shorewood, USA The firm was founded because of the commission to design a high end residential building next to Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan house design in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Then he moved to California before moving back to Indonesia to open his own firm with his partner Yatty L. Budiono, M.Arch, Ir, IAI who graduated from the United States also.
