House Tours
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How a bullfrog keeps Jaime Laya awake when it rains
Dr. Jaime Laya on the frogs he had shipped in from the Candaba swamp, the somber santos and vintage narra indoors, and the first sentence he labors over.
If Filipiniana is a flower, then Jaime Laya is a gardener
A morning in Jaime Laya’s Quezon City compound: a bahay kubo built without nails, barandilyas off a demolished house, books stacked as a shelter.
At home with Jun & Menchu Lopez: Where every wall is a door and the Force is always brewing
A house tour where every wall turns out to be a door, the coffee is always brewing, and the Force runs through a home in a galaxy not so far away.
At home with Martin Honasan & Barbie Almalbis: Cradle of art, love & a cat named after Vernie Varga
A house tour with Martin Honasan and Barbie Almalbis: a cradle of art and love, boxes of keepsakes nobody throws out, and a cat named after Vernie Varga.
Raul Francisco & Joanna Preysler-Francisco: Dark, seductive art in the house of love
A Parisian dream in the middle of manic Metro Manila: the Franciscos’ art-filled flat, and the love story beneath the chiaroscuro.
Bigboy Cheng: At home with the crown prince of Fresh
A house tour with the crown prince of Secret Fresh, where sneakers, designer toys and Filipino contemporary art end up sharing the very same shelves.