Architecture

• Ethnic architecture classifications according to CCP (1994)

  • According to structure
  • According to use of function
  • According to historical period
  • According to cultural groups or peoples
• According to structure


  • cave-dwellings
  • lean-tos
  • elevated one-room huts over land or water
  • multilevel houses
  • houseboats
  • landhouses
• According to use of function

  • places of worship (prehispanic simbahan, masjid, langgal or ranggar)
  • dwelling
  • palisades or fortresses
• According to historical period

  • ancient and prehispanic
  • pre-Islamic
  • Islamic
  • Spanish
  • American
  • modern
  • contemporary
• According to cultural groups or peoples


  • Ifugao
  • Kalinga
  • Bontoc
  • Isneg
  • Kankanay
  • Ibaloy
  • Agta
  • Pinatubo Aeta
  • Dumagat
  • Hanunoo
  • Alangan
  • Tagbanua
  • Batak
  • Palawan
  • Maranao
  • Maguindanao
  • Yakan
  • Tausug
  • Samal
  • Badjao
  • Tagbanua
  • Bagobo
  • Manobo
  • Mandaya
  • Bukidnon
• The archipelagic geography of the Philippines had resulted to differences in the houses among early inhabitants of the Philippines
• Houses of datus and their relatives looked towards the shore
• Houses depended on the geophysical conditions of the place
• Types of houses


  • bahay kubo
  • Ifugao
  • Ivatan
  • Tausog
  • Maranao
• Houses in the 16th century were single-room constructions with walls of bamboo and roofs of palm leaves, resting on four posts with access by bamboo ladders, with the ground floor used only for storage, and cooking and washing done in the batalan
• Houses of chiefs were larger, with many rooms, built upon trunks of trees and made of hardwood, but roofed with nipa just like the others
• There were no public buildings for religious or other purposes, but in times of worship, the people gathered in the house of the chief and constructed temporary shelters which were attached to the two sides of the chief's house