Arte Architects & Associates

[English text below] Ketut Arthana lahir di Singaraja-Bali pada tahun 1957. Ia menamatkan pendidikan arsitekturnya di Institut Teknologi Bandung tahun 1984. Di awal kariernya, ia sempat bekerja pada konsultan lokal dan internasional. Salah satu di antaranya adalah di Japan City Planning (JCP). Sejak 1994 hingga dia membentuk dan mengelola biro arsitektur sendiri.

Dedikasinya pada dunia arsitektur, membuat dirinya dianugerahi penghargaan dari almamaternya, yaitu Ganesha Widya Jasa Utama pada tahun 2015.

Pelestarian arsitektur nusantara dan eksplorasi material lokal, menjadi salah satu pijakan dalam pendekatan desain biro yang didirikan oleh Ketut Arthana di Denpasar, tahun 1996 ini. Melalui pendekatan tersebut, Arte Architect & Associates berhasil menorehkan namanya di dunia arsitektur, baik nasional maupun internasional.

Salah satu hasil eksplorasi material lokal yang mereka lakukan bisa dilihat di proyek Fivelements Puri Ahimsa Retreat, Mambal- Bali. Bangunan yang didominasi oleh bambu itu digubah secara arsitektural yang sarat dengan nilai lokal. Karya penting lainnya adalah Puri Wulandari A Boutique Resort & Spa dan Hotel Tejaprana Resort & Spa yang keduanya berlokasi di Ubud, Bali. Tak hanya di dalam negeri, sejumlah karyanya juga tersebar di mancanegara, Taiwan, Maladewa, Guam, Jerman, Kosta Rika, Kepulauan Karibia, dan Hawaii.

The Lokha Ubud Resort Villas & Spa

Fivelements Puri Ahimsa Retreat, Mambal

Beberapa karya mereka telah mendapatkan apresiasi yang sangat baik. Puri Wulandari A Boutique Resort & Spa pernah menerima predikat Citation dari IAI Awards 2005, untuk kategori hunian tidak tetap, dengan tema ‘Arsitek dan Arsitektur bagi Masyarakat’. Sedangkan Fivelements Puri Ahimsa dinobatkan sebagai pemenang IAI Awards 2011 untuk kategori bangunan komersial. Arte Architect & Associates juga pernah menerima penghargaan Tri Hita Karana dari Asosiasi Tri Hita Karana (THK) Bali, karena dinilai telah berhasil menjaga hubungan harmonis antara aspek spiritual, sosial, dan lingkungan, pada kategori bangunan hotel dan atraksi turis. Di tahun 2013, biro ini meraih sekaligus dua penghargaan dari ARCASIA Award for Architecture, yakni Honorable Mention Awards untuk kategori Sustainability dan Mention Award untuk kategori Public Amenity & Resort Building.

Karya-karya Arte Architects & Associates telah dipublikasikan di banyak media, di antaranya ARCHINESIA Bookgazine #2 dan #8.

Hotel Tejaprana Resort & Spa, Ubud

Tiga karya rumah tinggal Arte Architects & Associates juga dipublikasikan di buku Tropical Houses Equatorial Living Redefined oleh Imelda Akmal dan diterbitkan oleh Images Publishing Australia.

Ketut Arthana was born in Singaraja-Bali in 1957. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Bandung Institute of Technology in 1984. Early in his career, he worked in several local and international consultants, such as Japan City Planning (JCP), where he worked from 1994 to 1996, when he started his own architecture firm.

His dedication to creating great architecture awarded him the Ganesha Widya Jasa Utama from his alma mater in 2015.

The architecture firm founded by Ketut Arthana in 1996 is known for its fundamental design approach focusing on conserving Nusantara Architecture and exploring local materials. Through that approach, Arte Architect & Associates designs have been recognized both in Indonesia and abroad.

Arthana’s exploration of local materials is especially evident in his Fivelements Puri Ahimsa Retreat, Mambal-Bali design, an impressive bamboo structure focusing on local Indonesian values. Some of his other notable commissions include hotels such Puri Wulandari – A Boutique Resort & Spa and Tejaprana Resort & Spa, both located in Ubud, Bali. Arte Architects & Associates is an Indonesian architecture firm with an international presence, with projects in, among others, Taiwan, Maldives, Guam, Germany, Costa Rica, Caribbean, and Hawaii.

This firm has received several awards. Puri Wulandari – A Boutique Resort & Spa has been acknowledged with Citation from IAI Awards 2005 for “Architects and Architecture for Society” theme Temporary Housing. Fivelements Puri Ahimasa was named the 2011 IAI Awards winner for Commercial Building Category. For maintaining spiritual, social, and environment harmony, Arte Architects & Associates was awarded the Tri Hita Karana from Tri Hita Karana Association in Bali, in Hotel and Tourism Attraction Category. In 2013, the firm received two awards from ARCASIA Award for Architecture, The Honorable Mention Awards for Sustainability Category, and Mention Award for Public Amenity & Resort Building Category.

Their works have been published in many media. Among them are ARCHINESIA Bookgazine #2 and #8.

The three private houses, designed by Arte Architects, are also featured in Tropical Houses Equatorial Living Redefined by Imelda Akmal and published by Images Publishing Australia.