Beach House

At a time when weekend homes are part and parcel of urban lifestyle, the beach homes in the small island of Cebu reflect a style that is distinctly theirs. Strategically located in the center of the Philippine archipelago, Cebu is the heart of the country s furniture design and manufacturing. It is also blessed with stretches of pristine beach lines that ran from powder white sand to craggy cliffs. It is no surprise then that along its shores are located many distinctive weekend homes for city dwellers from far and wide. Beach House, a celebration of cebu architecture by the sea is a collection of beach homes created to relax the soul using what are indigenous to this tropical area and playing with the variety of locally produced world-class furnishings. This coffee table book is an intimate peek on how life is lived in this tropical island using pre-colonial Filipino architecture with its cogon-thatched roof made modern with the latest building technology.