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A closed ventanilla below a capiz shell main window.. In Philippine architecture, the ventanilla is a small window or opening below a larger window's casement, created—often reaching the level of the floor—to allow either additional air into a room during hot days or some air during hot nights when the main window's panes are drawn.
Some sliding doors run on a wall-mounted rail, like this one Sliding doors in a modern wardrobe. The 'top-hung' system is most often used. The door is hung by two trolley hangers at the top of the door running in a concealed track; all the weight is taken by the hangers, making the door easier to move.
The Build Better More (BBM) is the infrastructure program of the Marcos administration (2022–2028). It superseded the Build!Build! Build! infrastructure program of the Duterte administration (2016–2022).
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
The Build!Build! Build! Infrastructure Program (BBB) was the infrastructure program of the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th president of the Philippines.A key component of his socioeconomic policy, the program aimed to reduce poverty, encourage economic growth and reduce congestion in Metro Manila, and address the country's infrastructure gap.
The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
The Senate of the Philippines has been renting space spanning six floors at the GSIS Building since 1997. [5] [6] It has been proposed for years that the Senate relocate to a new dedicated building. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. in 2000 first proposed the move when he was still Senate president. [7]
The Supreme Court of the Philippines occupies a buildings on a lot owned by the University of the Philippines Manila. The court has not owned its own property in its almost 100 years of existence. As early as August 2014, the Supreme Court has expressed its plans to move to Bonifacio Global City (BGC). [1]