Evaluation of Architectural Design

Submitted by: Bohol, Hansel S.

 WHITE HOUSE
LOCATION: Washington, D.C., UNITED
STATES

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: NEOCLASSICAL,

PALLADIAN
designed by JAMES HOBAN
government building
working office and presidential
home
selection was controversial, others wanted the
capital to be located in a northern commercial
center. Southern leaders proposed that the federal
city be built in an agricultural region to avoid
concentrating financial and political power.

it become the symbol of the united

states and its ruling government.
MANILA CITY HALL
LOCATION: MANILA, PHILIPPINES

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: NEOCLASSICAL

designed by architect Antonio

Toledo and was built in 1939

government building
municipal hall
office of the mayor

A DISTINCT LANDMARK IN THE CITY

 Background and Design
WHITE HOUSE
New York City
Government House, the architecture
exhibited the neoclassical elements of the
day — pediments, columns, and simple
grandeur.
D.C.
Originally, plans for a "President's Palace"
were developed by the French-born artist
and engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant.
The "White House" proposed by Hoban was a
refined Georgian mansion in the Palladian
style.
MANILA CITY HALL
1901, was made up of Oregon-pine which
covered one third of the area used by the
current building. After 31 years of
occupancy, they reinforce the floor of the
weakened structure supporting the session
hall used by the municipal board and avoid
the accommodation of too many people
along the corridors and in the hallway.
The Capitol building, shown here in the mid-19th
century, was one of the first government structures
built in Washington, D.C. Its cornerstone was laid
in 1793.
 Suffered from Disaster Strikes

WHITE HOUSE MANILA CITY HALL

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Only thirteen years after the Presidents' the City Hall was not spared from the
House was habitable, disaster struck. The ravages of war. During the Battle of Manila,
War of 1812 brought invading British armies the city hall was heavily damaged from
who set the house afire. shelling.
Rebuilding…
WHITE
WHITE HOUSE
HOUSE
James Hoban was brought in to
rebuild it according to the
original design, but this time the
sandstone walls were coated with
lime-based whitewash.
major renovation began in 1824.
designer and draftsman Benjamin
Henry Latrobe
This pediment roof supported by
columns transforms the Georgian
home into a neoclassical estate.
Early Floor Plans for the White House
Principal Story
MANILA CITY HALL
After the war, the city hall was
rebuilt through the War
Reparations program of the
United States With the aid of the
United States Army, Philippine
Commonwealth Army and the city
government.
was criticized due to the shape of
its floor plan which looked like a
coffin or a shield of the Knights
Templar.
City Hall was reconstructed,
though did not follow the original
plans. Among the deviations were
an added fifth-floor attic from
the south entrance until the
location of the east-west side
entrances to accommodate
additional offices, and additional
windows in some areas which were
formerly shelling damages.
WHITE
WHITE HOUSE
HOUSE MANILA CITY HALL

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WHITE HOUSE
To this day, by, design, the White
House remains rather "two-faced"
one facade more formal and
angular and the other rounded
and less formal.

The men behind the house

Monthly Payroll for Laborers at the
President's House, December 1794

Hand-Crafted Ornamentation.
MANILA CITY HALL
During its heyday, the Manila City
Hall was criticized because of
monotony, lack of entrances, one
cannot distinguish the principal
facade from the main entrance
Manila City Hall Entrance
properly.

The south entrance has a balcony

emphasized by three arches
resting on Corinthian columns while
the north rear has the same
design treatment with the east and
west sides, but has pediments all
throughout and the clock tower
location,
a tall, hexagonal clock tower
capped by a dome.

Manila City Hall South Facade

MANILA CITY HALL

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Manila's iconic clock tower in the present time.