Gedung Sate Bandung

Gedung Sate, with his trademark form of ornament skewers on the central tower, has long been a marker or landmark Bandung, which is not only known to the public in West Java, but also all over Indonesia and even model building was used as a signal for several buildings and city signs in West Java. For example, the building forms the front of the Railway Station Tasikmalaya. Built in 1920, this white building is still standing strong but graceful and now serves as the central building of government of West Java.

Gedung Sate, which in the Dutch East Indies was called Gouvernements Bedrijven (GB), laying the first stone by Johanna Catherina Coops, eldest daughter of the mayor of Bandung, B. Coops and Petronella Roelofsen, representing the Governor-General in Batavia, JP Graaf van Limburg Stirum on July 27, 1920, is the result of a planning team consisting of Ir.J.Gerber, a young architect famous graduates of the Faculty of Engineering Nederland Delft, Ir. Eh. De Roo and Ir. G. Hendriks and van Gemeente Bandoeng party, headed by Col.. Ret. VL. Slors by involving 2000 workers, 150 people including sculptors, or expert bongpay tombstone carver and wood carver of Chinese nationality who came from Konghu or Cantonese, assisted by masons, coolies stir and servers that come from residents Sekeloa Kampung, Kampung small hole Dago, Kampung Gandok and Kampung Cibarengkok, which they previously worked on Gedong shingles (Kampus ITB) and flat Gedong (Bandung City Hall).
Gedung Sate (ca.1920-28)

During the period of 4 years in September 1924 successfully completed the construction of the main building Gouverments Bedrijven parent, including the headquarters of the PTT (Postal, Telephone and Telegraph) and the Library.

Architecture Gedung Sate is the work of architect Ir. J. Gerber and his group are not independent of the input maestro Dutch architect Dr. Hendrik Petrus Berlage, who bernuansakan face of the traditional architecture of the archipelago.

Many architects and building experts expressed Gedung Sate is a stunning elegant monumental buildings with unique architectural style leads to the form of Indo-European architectural style, (Indo Europeeschen architectuur Stijl), so it is not impossible if the Borobudur Temple also adds to the elegance of Gedung Sate.