It’s not your usual bahay kubo. It’s not your normal building material either — or architect. When my Tita Kay Jimenez, director and founder of Carolina Bamboo Garden, built her house in Antipolo, she ...

The proposed legislation to standardize the use of engineered bamboo in construction marks a potentially transformative moment for the Philippines. For too long, bamboo has been confined to ...

TAYUG, Pangasinan—The town square here has turned into a “subdivision” of bahay kubo (bamboo huts) as residents relived history in celebrating the fiesta this month. “I saw a photo of the original ...

Here is the inspiration for this week’s column. My father, Boom Boncan, showed me this modern bamboo model house in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, inspired by the bahay-kubo. It is for the Palawan Council ...

Ancestral architecture spans a long history and is unique throughout the world. Each structure has its own stories. Here in the Philippines, we have our fair share of them, from buildings made of ...