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The modern era dawned on Philippine architecture using the simple straight lines of the International Modern Style as a chief mode of expression. [citation needed] By the 1970s, a new form of Philippine architecture emerged with the filipinization of architecture.
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]".
Modernist style Philippine architecture. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. B. Brutalist architecture in the Philippines (1 C, 20 P)
From Colonial to modern, see pictures of architectural house styles in your area, across the country or around the world. Learn more about their history. The 25 Most Popular Architectural House Styles
13 Modern and Post-modern. 14 See also. 15 References. ... This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition ...
This distinctive New England house style dates back to the 1600s, and its defining characteristic is a lopsided roof that allows for two stories in the front of the house, but just one in the back.
Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house; Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale construction, earthbag construction, rice-hull bagwall construction, earthship, earth house; Various styles – Longhouse
Mañosa developed a modern architectural style whose touchstone was the traditional Filipino square house, the bahay kubo. He used indigenous materials and experimented with new technologies so that it would be usable in a modern context. [1] Philippine architecture historian Gerard Lico [1] describes Mañosa's style, saying: