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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]".
Amakan are used as walls in the traditional nipa huts (bahay kubo) of the Philippines. They are lightweight and porous, allowing air circulation to keep buildings cool in the hot tropical climate. The porosity also balances pressure inside the house during strong winds, minimizing roof damage. [4] Amakan needs to be treated before installation.
A thatched roof ensures that a building is cool in summer and warm in winter. Thatch also has very good resistance to wind damage when applied correctly. Thatching materials range from plains grasses to waterproof leaves found in equatorial regions. It is the most common roofing material in the world, because the materials are readily available.
House in Luneta with thatch roof. Precolonial Philippine architecture is based on the traditional stilt houses of the Austronesian people of Southeast Asia.The first buildings during the early years of Spanish occupation were Bahay kubo which are made of wood and bamboo materials, a type of construction with which the pre-Hispanic indigenous Filipinos had been working expertly since early ...
The Philippine Arena was one of five venues for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which the Philippines hosted from August 25 to September 10, 2023. It served as the venue for the first two games of Group A on August 25, 2023, including the Philippines ' opening game against the Dominican Republic , which broke the attendance record for a ...
A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. [1] A roof is part of the building envelope.
Torogan have a distinctively-shaped hip-and-gable roof made from thatched palm leaves. The flaring edges taper shallowly towards a steep central gable aligned to the east. The central gable is supported internally by vertical posts called pulaos bungan , which in turn is supported by the intricately carved central beam of the roof called the ...
Corrugated galvanised iron roofing in Mount Lawley, Western Australia A corrugated iron church (or tin tabernacle) in Kilburn, London Corrugated iron in the Cobar Sound Chapel, used both for the roof and as the formwork for the concrete interior Typical corrugated galvanised iron appearance, with visible large flake type patterns. The ...