THE 1933 SABINO Santos House inMalolos shows the fusion of traditional bahay na-bato and American-influenced Victorian architecture. Intended to be a museum of the ilustrado lifestyle of the mid ...

If you want to know how a pre-colonial house looked like, just look at our ethnic house. ... The house was eventually called “bahay kubo,” because of its resemblance to a cube.

More often than not, the bahay kubo is the first thing that comes to our minds whenever the subject of pre-colonial architecture is mentioned.

The Philippines’ colonial history means that nearly all mass-produced technology is imported and carries the print of the habits, environment, and culture of its inventors. ... People are often ...

Built from bamboo and nipa palm leaves on stilts to welcome the breeze, the people of the islands lived in bahay kubo long before the Spanish landed, and its cultural legacy is celebrated to this day.

The town square here has turned into a “subdivision” of bahay kubo (bamboo huts) as residents relived history in celebrating the fiesta this month. July 10, 2022. News. Global Nation.