Balai vernacular : images of the Filipino's private space.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manila, Philippines : Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino, c1992Description: xv, 254 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 7125 .B35 1992
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The ethnic balai: living in harmony with nature -- Squatters shanties -- The bahay kubo -- Appendices
Summary: The Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas has compiled in this book three essays on three major forms of shelter used in the Philippines, which have not been designed by professional architects: the nipa hut, the ethnic house, and the urban shanty. These essays have synthesized the in-depth documentation made by architecture students from all over the country on these houses, emphasizing the architectural form, cultural content, and aesthetics of space of these houses.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture Filipiniana Architecture FIL NA 7125 .B35 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000014695

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The ethnic balai: living in harmony with nature -- Squatters shanties -- The bahay kubo -- Appendices

The Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas has compiled in this book three essays on three major forms of shelter used in the Philippines, which have not been designed by professional architects: the nipa hut, the ethnic house, and the urban shanty. These essays have synthesized the in-depth documentation made by architecture students from all over the country on these houses, emphasizing the architectural form, cultural content, and aesthetics of space of these houses.

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