Houses like the 

Vega Ancestral House that have almost fully wooden materials even to the first level
walls are still considered Bahay na bato; the name Bahay na bato was applied to this architecture as
generations passed by, as most of these houses use stone materials, contrary to the precolonial era
that used no stones at all. The same principle applies to the nipa hut – not all nipa huts use nipa
materials; some use cogon. Its local name, bahay kubo, means "cube house", though not all are of a
cubic shape.[3]
These houses have an unprecedented mixing and matching of architectural styles, such that
a Bahay na bato can have Neogothic and Neo-Mudejar (Neo-Moorish) details in the same corners
— that is, on top of the Baroque (which may be of a particular style, e.g. the spare-by-comparison
Viennese Secessionist style). These quaint mixes give the Bahay na bato an architectural style that
evolved from both East and West, and thus makes it truly Filipino, as it corresponds to Philippine
history of being a melting pot of east and west.[4] Although retaining the basic form, the 19th-century
bahay na bato reflected changing tastes through the incorporation of motifs from the prevalent styles
such as Victorian. Neoclassical decorations
included columns, pilaster, caryatids, Atlases and friezes adopted from Greek and Roman
architecture. The dawn of Art Nouveau era also has a big influence on the mixing of styles and
aesthetics of these houses. Many latter Bahay na bato adapted the modernist designs such as Art
Deco during Art Deco era and the shortly, Post-War Modernist designs, many of which was only a
product of loosely restored Bahay na bato after the war that eventually led to its decline. [3] Style may
also vary by area. Each region evolved its own building style, which were in many cases dependent
on the materials available. As construction techniques were developed, quarries opened, and kilns
constructed, various parts of the country began to show a preference for specific building materials.
[3]
 As a result, Bahay na bato has several variations along ethnic lines. The Bahay na bato in Cebu,
for example, differs from the one in Samar.
The Ivatans in Batanes, however, have a very different Bahay na bato called Sinadumparan. This
house is Native Ivatan architecture in principle, adopted to Philippine' Spanish colonial construction
technology. Sinadumparan's main house, Rakuh, is very similar to the traditional Bahay na bato on
the mainland. and has a crossbred appearance between Ivatan traditional house'and Bahay na
bato from the mainland.