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Northern Luzon has some of the best preserved bahay na bato in the Philippines. The unique style of the north, commonly in the Ilocos Region, usually bases its design on brick materials. This material is commonly used in bahay na bato buildings, houses, churches, walls, monuments and fortification of the region. [2]
In this era, the nipa hut or bahay kubo gave way to the bahay na bato (stone house) and became the typical house of noble Filipinos. The bahay na bato, the colonial Filipino house, followed the nipa hut's arrangements such as open ventilation and elevated apartments. The most obvious difference between the two houses would be the materials that ...
A banggéra from the Rizal Ancestral House in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines . In Philippine architecture, the banggéra, also known as the bánggerahán, is a feature in a kitchen or dining room of a bahay kubo or bahay na bato, originating from a time when public drainage systems were still uncommon. [1] [2]
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 most common ones are the "Bahay na Bato". Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance.
The structure is an example of bahay na bato architecture, which stands on large wooden posts sunk into the ground. The house has wooden and stone walls with brick and coquina exteriors made from crushed shells and corals. It also used construction materials such as narra, balayong and molave. [4]
Close-up of the panes of a capiz-shell window panel. In 19th-century Philippine colonial architecture, bahay na bato houses extensively used the capiz-shell window element. . Designed to take advantage of tropical cool breezes, these houses' large windows were built at least a meter high and as wide as five mete
Originally built in 1861 [2] during the Spanish Colonial Period in the Philippines, this residential structure reflects the architectural style common around that time known as Bahay-na-Bato ("House-of-Stone"). Masonry materials constitute the lower level or the ground floor of the house while wooden materials and capiz-shell windows dominate ...
Camiña Balay Nga Bato (lit. ' Stone House ' ), formerly known as Avanceña House , is a 160-year-old bahay na bato in the Arevalo district, Iloilo City , Philippines . It was built in 1865 and was designed by the first parish priest of Molo , Anselmo Avanceña, for Don Fernando Avanceña and his wife, Eulalia Abaja.