The bahay na bato, while showcasing the robustness of stone, included many of the eco-friendly features intrinsic to Filipino architecture. For example, expansive windows ensured optimal light and ...

“Philippine Heritage Homes ... House inMalolos shows the fusion of traditional bahay na-bato and American-influenced Victorian architecture. Intended to be a museum of the ilustrado lifestyle ...

The bahay na bato was made of materials more durable ... It is easy to make up our minds that Philippine architecture barely exists, what with the mixture of influences from centuries of foreign ...

Filipino architecture, as depicted by the nipa hut (bahay kubo) and the so-called stone houses (bahay na bato), has been characterized by the use of earth-friendly construction materials as well ...

Take an unexpected trip back to the European Renaissance in a quaint Philippines city that offers plenty of beautiful sights ...

Exactly 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan and his troops landed on Philippine shores ... became a fire hazard for those living in the bahay na bato, its updated colonial version made of stone.

Anvil Publishing Inc. releases "Philippine Style: Design and Architecture," a new book that delves into ... through the Spanish colonial period of the bahay na bato or “house of stone,” to modern-day ...

More than being an advocate of Philippine architecture, Buensalido is pushing for progressive and original ways to interpret the classic bahay-kubo and bahay-na-bato, two homes built specifically ...

NATIONAL ARTIST for Architecture Francisco “Bobby” T. Mañosa, passed away due to a lingering illness at the age 88 on Feb. 20. “Even your death was as special as your life. Your legacy lives on,” ...