Candra Naya, Chinese colonial house in Jakarta, Indonesia

Candra Naya is a Chinese-style residence on Jalan Gajah Mada in Jakarta, built for the Khouw family of Tamboen. Its surviving one-storey reception hall has a curving swallowtail roof, a Tou-Kung roof frame and moon gates; the two-storey central and rear buildings were dismantled in 1995 and only the central hall was reassembled in 2012. The compound now stands within the Green Central City superblock.

Candra Naya was built in 1807 or earlier on the grounds of the 18th-century landhuis Kroet, for the family of Khouw Tian Sek, a landlord whose rural holdings along the Molenvliet canal became prime urban property. His grandson Khouw Kim An inherited the house and served as the last Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia from 1910 to 1918 and again from 1927 until his death in 1945. In 1995 the compound was partly demolished by its new owner, Modern Group, but protests halted the work; the main halls were dismantled, then reassembled in 2012.

The name Candra Naya replaced Sin Ming Hui in 1964, when the social organisation that had occupied the house since 1946 was renamed on the advice of the Lembaga Pembina Kesatuan Bangsa. The house was a popular wedding venue in the 1960s and 1970s. Look for the Ba Gua door knocker, a lingzhi mushroom motif for longevity, and carvings of a book, chessboard, lute and scroll above the front terrace.

Candra Naya stands on Jalan Gajah Mada in West Jakarta, its surviving one-storey reception hall now framed by the Green Central City superblock. The two-storey central hall and the rear family building were dismantled in 1995; the central hall was reassembled in February 2012, while the rear building was never rebuilt. Approach from the Gajah Mada side to see the curved swallow-tail roof and moon gates.

In the 1990s the building faced complete demolition, but public protests saved it and led to its integration into the current hotel complex. This made it a rare example of historic architecture preserved within a modern commercial development.