Daniel Hudson Burnham

(September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.

Burnham took a leading role in the creation of master plans for the development of a number of cities,
including Chicago, Manila, Baguio and downtown Washington, D.C.ago.

Notable commissions:

City planning for Manila

City planning for Baguio

Provincial Capitol Building in Bacolod, Negros Occidental

Pangasinan Provincial Capitol

In the winter of 1904-1905, Chicago architect Daniel Burnham traveled to the Philippines. He had won a
commission from the United States government to develop a new city plan for Manila, the capital of the
Philippines, and to create a city plan for a completely new "summer capital," Baguio City. The United
States gained possession of the Philippines in 1898 as part of its treaty with Spain at the end of the
Spanish American War. The US government in the Philippines determined to assert its authority over its
new colony and hoped that Burnham's plans would set an appropriate imperial and at the same time,
progressive, tone.

Burnham’s plan for Manila

William E. Parsons

(June 19, 1872 - December 17, 1939) was an architect and city planner known for his works in the
Philippines during the early period of American colonization in the country. He was a consulting
architect to the United States government from 1905 to 1914.

Works:

Manila Army and Navy Club Building, Manila

Customs Office, Cebu City

Manila Elks club, Manila

Manila Hotel, Manila

Paco railway station, Manila

Philippine General Hospital

Philippine Normal School

Provincial Capitol (Old) of Laguna Province in Santa Cruz, Laguna

Provincial Capitol (Old) of Nueva Ecija in Cabanatuan City

University Hall of the University of the Philippines Manila

The Mansion House, Baguio

Provincial Capitol (Old) of Capiz Province in Roxas City, Capiz

• One of the features of local architecture he adopted generally on his design, even at the high-
end Manila Hotel, was the use of Capiz shells for window sash in place of glass. The Capiz shell is
a flat sea shell about 4 inches (100 mm) in diameter. It is trimmed down to squares, which are
set in thin strips of wood. They give a soft pearly light, where clear glass would be intolerable on
account of the glare.
 University of the Philippines

• University of the Philippines (UP Unibersidad ng Pilipinas or Pamantasan ng Pilipinas) is state

university in the Philippines, and is the country’s national University. Founded by the
American colonial government on june 8, 1908, it was originally a university conceived for the
Filipinos.

Philippine Normal University

 The Philippine Normal University was originally established as the Philippine Normal School
(PNS) by virtue Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission. Enacted on 21 January 1901, Act No.
74 mandated for the established of a normal and trade school. The Philippine Normal School
formally opened on September 1 1901, as an institute for the training of teachers.
 National University

• National University (NU) is non-sectarian coeducational institution in Sampaloc, Manila,

Philippines. The Founder of the University Don Mariano Fortunato Jhocson established the
institution in August 1 1900 as Colegio Filipinio in Quiapo Manila. It is considered as the first
private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines.

Silliman University

Silliman University

• Silliman University (SU) is a private research university in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental,

Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman University by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions, it is the American university in the Philippines and the entire Asian continent.
 West Visayas State University

• West Visayas State University (WVSU) is a public normal research university located in
Western Visayas Region of the Philippines with its main campus in La Paz Iloilo City. It was
established formally in 1924 as Iloilo Normal school under Philippine Normal School system
during the American colonial period in the Philippines.

Cebu Normal University

• Cebu Normal University is a state research university in the Philippines. It was established in
1902 as provincial normal school and a branch of the Philippine Normal School. It became an
independent institution in 1924, a chartered college in 1976, and a university in 1988. It is one
of the oldest education institution in Cebu.
 Filamer Christian Academy

• Filamer Christian Academy (FCU) is a private university established 1904 by Rev. and Mrs.
Joseph Robbins with the help of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. The college is
located in Roxas City, Capiz. “Filamer” is the combined name of Filipino and American (Fil-
amer) who ventured together in providing Christian education in the Philippines.

Isabela State University

• Isabela State University is a public university in the province of Isabela, Philippines. It is

mandated to provide advanced instruction in the arts, agricultural and natural sciences as well
as in technological and professional fields.
 Central Philippine University

• Central Philippine University (CPU) is a private research university in Iloilo City, Philippines.
Established in 1905 through a grant given by the American business magnate, industrialist and
philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. CPU consists of eighteen schools and colleges that
providesinstruction in basic education all the way up to the post-graduate levels.

Far Eastern University

• Far Eastern University (FEU) in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a
nonsectarian, private research university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far
Eastern College and the Institute of Accountancy (now Institute of Accounts, Business and
Finance), FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of first president Dr. Nicanor I.
Reyes, Sr. It has been noted as the leading proprietary (for profit) university in the
Philippines. FEU's campus is noted for a number of historical buildings preserved from the first
half of the 20th century.