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The typical dimensions of these houses are based on the old city measurements that used varas. A colonial block of houses measured 150 varas, and each house width was given 10 varas (8.66 metres.) Average house length varies between 16 and 30 meters and depending on the width (up to half a block deep, around 50 metres), the house may have an ...
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.
Coordination dimensions are the actual physical dimensions of the brick with the mortar required on one header face, one stretcher face and one bed. Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is also called the nominal size of a brick. Brick size may be slightly different due to shrinkage or distortion due to firing, etc. An ...
Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran. Adobe (/ ə ˈ d oʊ b i / ⓘ ə-DOH-bee; [1] Spanish pronunciation:) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick.
A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond with bricks of various shades and lengths. An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and stretchers. A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
The Spanish colonial style of architecture dominated in the early Spanish colonies of North and South America, and were also somewhat visible in its other colonies. It is sometimes marked by the contrast between the simple, solid construction demanded by the new environment and the Baroque ornamentation exported from Spain.
Spanish Chinese influence exclusive to Spanish East Indies was born when Spain colonized what is now the Philippines, in South East Asia. Pre-Spanish Philippine architecture was based on the native nipa hut, which corresponds to the tropical climate, stormy seasons, and earthquake prone environment of the archipelago. This native architecture ...
Monterey Colonial style house at Rancho Petaluma Adobe. Monterey Colonial is an architectural style developed in Alta California (today's US state of California when under Mexican rule). Although usually categorized as a sub-style of Spanish Colonial style, the Monterey style is native to the post-colonial Mexican era of Alta California.