Philippine Ancestral Houses, (1810-1930) /

Zialcita, Fernando N.

Philippine Ancestral Houses, (1810-1930) / Fernando N. Zialcita & Martin I. Tinio ; photographs by Neal M. Oshima; drawings by Manuel D. Baldemor ; introduction by Rodrigo D. Perez - Quezon City, Philippines : GCF Books, c1980 - 263 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Introduction -- It all started with the bahay kubo -- A growing environmental awareness -- The hard task of the old house builder -- Emergence of the all-weather house -- A litany of rooms and their functions -- When houses were status symbols -- The geometric style turns floral (1810-1930) -- A comparison of regional styles -- Why "Antillan"? -- The stone house joins the revolution -- Addendum: A seventeeth-century house -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgements


DWELLINGS -- PHILIPPINES

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