Bahay na Bato

Bahay na bato (Tagalog, literally "house of stone") is a type of building originating during the Philippines' Spanish Colonial Period. It is an updated version of the traditional bahay kubo. Its design has evolved throughout the ages, but still maintains the Bahay kubo's architectural basis which corresponds to the tropical climate, stormy season and earthquake prone environment of the whole archipelago of the Philippines and combines it with the influence of Spanish colonizers and Chinese traders. Thus created was a hybrid of Austronesian, Spanish and Chinese architecture. Its most common appearance is that of an elevated overhanging wooden upper story Nipa hut (with balustrades ventanillas and capiz shell sliding windows) that stands on Spanish style solid stone blocks or Bricks and Posts as foundation instead of just Wood, Bamboo Stilts, Timber posts(all used as a storeroom or other business purposes). And a Chinese tiled roof or sometimes Nipa or Cogon roof which are today being replaced by galvanized roofs. It followed the Bahay Kubo's arrangements such as open ventilation and elevated apartments used as living space with ground floor used for storeroom, cellar and other business purposes. And just like Bahay Kubo, much of this ground level was reserved for storage; in business districts some spaces were rented to shops.  Horses for carriages were housed in stables called caballerizas.

The most obvious difference between the two houses would be the materials that was used to build them.

Bahay na bato had a rectangular plan that reflected Austronesian Filipino traditional house integrated with Spanish style.

It was popular among the elite or middle class and integrated the characteristics of the nipa hut with the style, culture and technology of Chinese and Spanish architecture.19th century, was the golden age of these houses; wealthy Filipinos built some fine houses all over the archipelago. During the American Era of the Philippines, they still incorporated Bahay na bato but merged with American influence. Today these houses are more commonly called ancestral houses, due to most ancestral houses in the Philippines are Bahay na bato houses.

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