Bahay kubo

This article is about the Filipino house. For the folk song, see Bahay Kubo (folk song).

The báhay kúbo, kubo, or payág (in the Visayan languages), is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. It is the traditional basic design of houses among almost all the lowlanders of the entire Philippines, and also frequently seen in Philippine Provinces. Often serving as an icon of Philippine culture, its design heavily influenced the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato's architecture.

The English term nipa hut is also usually used interchangeably with báhay kúbo, although not all báhay kúbo use nipa materials or are huts. Both "nipa hut" and báhay kúbo are also used incorrectly to refer to similar but different vernacular architecture in the Philippines.

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