After centuries of absorbing international influences, the Philippines' architecture draws upon the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia to create a style all its own. Adjusting these ideas to a tropical environment, Filipino designers have created a bold esthetic. Filipino Style gives an overview of the traditional Filipino house, the influence of foreign cultures, the environment's importance to home design, and finally the embrace of modernity. Insightful and beautifully photographed, Filipino Style provides wonderful design ideas from this lush island archipelago.
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Rene Javellana is an author art art historian at Ateneo University in the Philippines.
Fernando Nakpil Zialcita is a professor of Anthropology at Ateneo University.
Luca Invernizzi Tettoni photographed the Thai Spa Book for Periplus Editions.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Book for Filipino Traditional Interior Design.,
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This review is from: Filipino Style (Hardcover)
Finally, a book on Traditional and Contemporary Philippine Interior Design by a reputable author/photographer. It will give the reader a good sense of Native Interiors to Traditional influences of Spanish-Colonial Interior Design and Architecture. Very superb photographs. Beautiful renderrings in the Furniture Dictionary.
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A must have and a keeper,
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This book is a must have for anyone interested in Philippine Architecture whether Filipino or not! It not only has beautiful pictures, but is informative-- covering topics such as historical fact, natural resources, and cultural influences. The architural styles featured truly depict Filipino originality and creativity from Spanish colonial times to the present Modern times. This book is definitely a keeper!
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This book has wonderful photos on Filipino architecture.,
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This review is from: Filipino Style (Hardcover)
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in Filipino architecture or Asian architecture in general. The photos are wonderful! I lived in the Philippines for 14 years and this book definitely took me to a trip down memory lane. Dive into this book and you can almost feel the warm breezes and sunshine of the Philippines. I only wish that they had included more photos of the Filipino Nipa Hut. But other than that, this book is fabulous! I've recommended this to a lot of my friends. Some of my favorite photos include the Tagaytay Highlands Club House and photos of the older "bahay na bato" (houses of stone) that are slowly disappearing from the Philippine landscape. I hope this book encourages the preservation of these Filipino architectural treasures.
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Materials from a varied environment come together to form the Filipino visual style: timber of different strengths and colors from the forest; stone from ancient lava flows and coastal reefs; leaves and canes from tall grasses; and flat translucent shells from warm, shallow waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
capiz windows, bahay kubo, capiz shell, main picture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Deco, Casa Manila, Paulino Que, Southeast Asia, Ilocos Sur, Ramon Villegas, San Miguel, Southern Luzon, Central Luzon, United States, Juan Arellano, San Fernando New!
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Materials from a varied environment come together to form the Filipino visual style: timber of different strengths and colors from the forest; stone from ancient lava flows and coastal reefs; leaves and canes from tall grasses; and flat translucent shells from warm, shallow waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
capiz windows, bahay kubo, capiz shell, main picture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Deco, Casa Manila, Paulino Que, Southeast Asia, Ilocos Sur, Ramon Villegas, San Miguel, Southern Luzon, Central Luzon, United States, Juan Arellano, San Fernando New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New Directions in Tropical Asian Architecture by Philip Goad in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 17
- The Philippines: Islands of Enchantment by Alfred A. Yuson in Back Matter
- Food of the Philippines (Food of the World Cookbooks) by Reynaldo G. Alejandro on page 19
- Terrestrial Paradise by Ovidio Guaita in Back Matter
- On Distant Shores: Colonial Houses Around the World by Ovidio Guaita in Back Matter
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