TOMAS MAPUA (1888 – 1965) – Pre-war 1st Generation

Personal:
Education:
- Ateneo de Manila and Liceo de Manila
- Cornell University (1911)

Style:
- Neoclassical or revivalist

Career
- worked in Bureau of Public Works (1912 – 1928)
- established Mapua Institute of Technology (1925)

Works:
1. Mapua Institute of Technology – Intramuros, Manila (1925)
o Mapua established the school but not sure if he designed the buildings
o He design the J. Mapua Memorial Hall (as per Google Books)
2. St. La Salle Hall, DLSU – Manila (1924)
o Around 1916, Mapua joined the competition for the design of the new
school building initiated by the La Sallian Brothers. He won the
competition against nine other entries and was awarded with a prize of
P5,000.00.
3. Librada Avelino Hall, Centro Escolar University – Manila (1920s – 1930s)
4. PGH Nurses Home – Manila (
5. Iloilo Customs House (Aduana) – Iloilo (1916) – with central tower
o Not actually sure if it is true but Leyte Government claims Mapua
designed it
6. Pier 7 – Manila (1918) – big arch façade
o No confirmation if Mapua actually designed it
o As with the other building casualties, Pier 7 was also destroyed and was
never rebuilt after the war.

ANDRES LUNA DE SAN PERDO (1887 - 1952) – Pre-war 1st Generation

Personal:
- His parents were Paz Pardo de Tavera, sister of Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and
painter Juan Luna. The family lived settled in Paris.
 - Juan Luna shot his wife and her mother in 1892 (when Andres was still 5 years old)
and was eventually acquitted.
- In 1894, Andres came back with General Antonio Luna

Education:
- Studied Arts in Europe where he got a diploma in 1911 and went on to study
Architecture and finished in 1918.

Style:
- Initially worked on Revivalist Styles (as seen in Perkins House and Zobel House)
- Shifted to Art Deco (Regina Building, Perez-Samanillo Building and Crystal
Arcade)

Career
- city architect of the City of Manila from 1920 to 1924.
- Luna de San Pedro gave in addition to his work as an architect also taught at
the University and was also president of the Philippine Institute of Architects. In
1949, he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit as the first architect of the
Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA).

Works:
1. Crystal Arcade – Escolta, Binondo, Manila (1932)
o Art Deco
o first air-conditioned mall in the Philippines
o envisioned as a grand commercial center
2. Regina Building – Escolta, Binondo, Manila (1934)
o Neo-classical and beaux-arts style
o in front of Perez-Samanillo Buillding
o Fernando Ocampo was credited for designing and renovating the
existing concrete building before (a portion of the building)
3. Legarda Elementary School – Sampaloc, Manila (1922)
o oldest surviving school building in Manila
o Victorian style
4. Saint Vincent de Paul Church – San Marcelino Street, Manila (1930)
5. Perez-Samanillo Building – Escolta, Binondo, Manila (1928)
o Art Deco (with glass façade)
o now ‘First United Building’ and in front of Regina Building
o The First United Building was designed by Ar. Andres P. Luna with a
rectangular plan. On the main facade is a central tower flanked by two
chamfered corner towers on both ends of the building. The three towers
have the same ornamental treatments of thin cylindrical moldings running
up to the square plates and continued by beveled arches that relate to
the windows at the sixth floor. There are octagonal windows flanked by
stout finials above the arches. A pergola with protruding rafters originating