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One of the most remarkable furniture found inside is the round dining table - made from the root of a Narra tree, and was built the same time the ancestral house was constructed. Aside from the traditional capiz windows at the left lateral portion of the house, rare patterned glass windows are also displayed.
Many later bahay na bato buildings adapted design styles,such as Art Deco during the latter era of American rule, and even through the postwar period of loose restoration. [2] The mixing of so many different architectural styles give the bahay na bato a distinct look that is reflective of the Philippines' unified cultures and society. [citation ...
A large bahay kubo with walls made of thatch, c. 1900. The Filipino term báhay kúbo roughly means "country house", from Tagalog.The term báhay ("house") is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay referring to "public building" or "community house"; [4] while the term kúbo ("hut" or "[one-room] country hut") is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu, "field hut [in rice fields]".
The doors and windows are made of colored glass with hues of green and orange. A porte-cochere with granite staircase is the main feature of the facade and above it is a grand veranda with baroque pillars. Another small porch is located at the second floor near the grand veranda. The interiors of the house is of similar design.
Narra and yakal wood The Laperal Guesthouse , popularly known as Laperal White House , is a building in Baguio , Philippines which housed a museum [ 1 ] and is now the home of a new restaurant called Joseph's (owned by the older brother of ABS-CBN News broadcast journalist, Bernadette Sembrano ).
Its floor was made of native molave and narra and the pulpit was of fine carving, with the images representing the different saints of the Order. A dove was attached to the sounding board of the pulpit, above which, was an angel. The choir loft was spacious and was protected by wrought from railing manufactured in the Philippines. [5]
Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. [1] It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion.
The design was inspired by Iloilo's Dinagyang and Paraw Regatta festivals. The paraw is a native double outrigger sailboat in the Visayas region, used in the annual Paraw Regatta Festival sailboat race. Abstract designs of the famous Dinagyang Festival are featured on the glass walls of the center. [32]