Claim: New Indies Style is a modern architectural style used in the Dutch East Indies that applies local architectural elements such as wide eaves or prominent roof and employs the use of 'double facade' which protects the facade from heavy rainfall and strong sunlight.
Evidence: New Indies Style (Dutch: Nieuwe Indische Bouwstijl) is a modern architectural style used in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) between the late 19th-century through pre-World War II 20th-century. New Indies Style is basically early modern (western) architecture (e.g. Rationalism and Art Deco), which applies local architectural elements such as wide eaves or prominent roof as an attempt to conform with the tropical climate of Indonesia. New Indies Style employed the use of the 'double facade' concept which manifested in a covered gallery. Double facade protects the facade from heavy rainfall and strong sunlight, an important feature of tropical design.