Menteng Cinema

Menteng Cinema
Bioskop Menteng
Menteng Cinema in the 1950s
Menteng Cinema is located in Jakarta
Menteng Cinema
location within Jakarta
General information
StatusDemolished
Typecinema
Architectural styleNieuwe Bouwen, Nieuwe Zakelijkheid
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates6°11′0″S 106°50′3″E / 6.18333°S 106.83417°E / -6.18333; 106.83417
Construction started1949
Opened1950[1]
Demolished1988[1]
Other information
Seating capacity1,100[1]
Website
www.jakarta.go.id

Menteng Cinema (Indonesian Bioskop Menteng, Dutch Bioscoop Menteng) was a cinema in Jakarta, Indonesia. The cinema was designed by Dutch architect J.M. Groenewegen in 1949, one of the architect who was active in Indonesia before and after the World War II. Menteng Cinema is Groenewegen's first cinema project, which would give birth to several other cinemas in Indonesia which has the same architectural style of Nieuwe Bouwen. Menteng Cinema was demolished in 1988, standing above the site now is the Menteng Huis shopping complex.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Merrillees 2015, p. 87.

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