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  2. Architecture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    After the Philippines was ceded to the United States as a consequence of the Spanish–American War in 1898, the architecture of the Philippines was influenced by American aesthetics. In this period, the plan for the modern City of Manila was designed, with many neoclassical architecture and art deco buildings by famous American and Filipino ...

  3. Malay house - Wikipedia

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    The roof of traditional Malay houses are designed to provide shade and protection from heat and rain, as well as to provide ventilation. The basic design of a roof on a Malay house is gabled roof, an extended frame with ornaments on the edges of the roof. The vernacular Malay roof is best suited for hot and humid tropical climates.

  4. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Helm roof, Rhenish helm: A pyramidal roof with gable ends; often found on church towers. Spiral, a steeply pitched spire which twists as it goes up. Barrel, barrel-arched (cradle, wagon): A round roof like a barrel (tunnel) vault. Catenary: An arched roof in the form of a catenary curve. Arched roof, bow roof, [11] Gothic, Gothic arch, and ship ...

  5. Icone Tower - Wikipedia

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    Its design was inspired from Filipino culture. The Icone Tower's shape was derived from the form of the Mayon Volcano. The Bahay kubo as explored by Francisco Mañosa to be a pyramidal form dividable in three layers (silong, bulwagan, and bubong; lit. ' basement, hall, and roof ') also served as a basis for the

  6. Ocampo Pagoda Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The pyramidal red-tiled roofs including the turret crowns outline the structure in the skyline. [ 1 ] According to Victorino Manalo, a museum expert and director of the Metropolitan Museum of Manila , there is an elaborate world of symbols present in the structure.

  7. Good Building Design and Construction in the Philippines

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    The Good Building Design and Construction in the Philippines is a handbook developed in cooperation with the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), UNDP Regional Center in Bangkok, and the Secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

  8. St. Francis Square - Wikipedia

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    During the planning phase of the tower, the two towers were supposedly to feature a rooftop observation deck or a sky garden on their pyramid roofs, yet the plan was removed years later. The towers currently serve as a 3-star hotel and also serve as a radio transmitter of FM radio stations 90.7 Love Radio , 101.1 Yes FM and 96.3 Easy Rock ; all ...

  9. Baroque Churches of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    It is the most outstanding example in the Philippines of an Earthquake Baroque style architecture. Fourteen buttresses are ranged along the lines of a giant volute supporting a smaller one and surmounted by pyramidal finials. A pair of buttresses at the midpoint of each nave wall have stairways for access to the roof.