POST WORLD WAR II ERA Otilio Arellano

RISING FROM THE RUINS - NBI - National Bureau of

Investigation, Taft Ave
• The 1945 battle for liberation witnessed the massive decimation of - Sining Kayumanggi at the Mehan
Manila’s urban-built heritage and the irreplaceable treasures of Gardens c.
colonial architecture. - Palacio del Governador, Intramuros
- Restoration of Metropolitan Theater
• In the midst of postwar destitution and economic limbo, - Philippine School of Business
shantytowns mushroomed sporadically in the urban areas in Administration Inc., Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
response to shortage of housing. - RCBC Bldg., Buendia Ave., Makati
• Despite the shaken state of the country, the US and the Philippines - San Juan Municipal Center N.Domingo St., San Juan
decided to proceed with plans for independence.

• US sponsored the rehabilitation of the Philippines with a condition: NBI - National Bureau of Investigation, Taft Ave
That the Philippines grant the American parity rights to enable them
to enjoy the same rights the Filipinos have

- • to develop and exploit the natural resources

- • to operate public utilities in the country.

• The US War Damage Rehabilitation Fund was dedicated to

rehabilitation of public buildings, roads, and bridges.

• It was also instrumental in resurrecting to their original splendor Palacio del Governador , Intramuros
the prewar neoclassic government buildings such as Manila City Hall,
Post Office Building, Agriculture and Finance Buildings, Legislative
Buildings and group of Buildings in the University of the Philippines
Manila following faithfully their original plans.

• In 1946, the independent Philippines expressed its identity by

implementing modernism through the utilization of reinforced
concrete, steel and glass, the pre-dominance of cubic forms,
geometric shapes and Cartesian grids, and the absence of applied Philippine School of Business Administration Inc. Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
decoration.

• The 1950s and 1960s staple architectural elements were the brise-
soleil (sunbreaker), glass walls, pierced screens and thin concrete
shells.

• The post-war doctrine was “Form follows function,” professed by

the “Third Generation Filipino Architects”, who readily addressed
the demands of a clientele who were eager to embrace modern life
and ideas. San Juan Municipal Center
• Through the third-generation architects continued to promote the
modern and progressive ideas of their modernist idols in the first
half of 1960s, for better or worse, a hegemonic modernism in the
Philippines began to take form.

• Glass-box, high-rise buildings, biomorphic forms, folded plate

architecture, and the rational functionalism of the International
Style were the principal interest which guided the teaching and
practice of architecture in the Philippines at the time.
Carlos Arguelles
- Ateneo de Manila Campus,
Loyola
- Philam Life Building, U.N.
Ave.
- Manila Pavilion (former
Mla.Hilton) U.N.Ave., Mla.
- Holiday Inn, Roxas Blvd.
- Philippine National Bank,
Escolta Manila
- Development Bank of the
Philippine., Makati
- Chronicle Broadcasting Network Studio
- 600 Units Philam Life Homes, Q.C.
- VGP Center (formerly the Manila Bank Building)
Cesar Concio
- U.P. Diliman ‘s Palma & Melchor
Halls
- Protestant Chapel & Fellowship
Center, U.P. (Church of the Risen
Lord,)
- U.P College of Forestry Bldg., Los
Banos
- Insular Life Building. , Makati
- Children’s Memorial
Hospital,Q.C.
- Mother of Perpetual Help Church, Baclaran
- Union Church of Manila
- Ramona Apartments, Adriatico Street, Manila

U.P. Diliman ‘s Palma &

Melchor Halls
Philam Life Building , U.N. Ave.

Protestant Chapel & Fellowship

Manila Pavilion (former Mla.Hilton Center , U.P.
)U.N.Ave., Manila

Insular Life Building. , Makati

Philippine National
Bank , Escolta Manila

Children’s Memorial Hospital

, Q.C.
Development Bank of the
Philippine. ,Makati

Mother of Perpetual Help

Church, Baclaran

VGP Center (formerly the Manila

Bank Building)

Ramona Apartments,
Adriatico Street,
Manila
Cresenciano de Castro
- Philippine Nuclear Research
Institute
- Philippine Science High School
- The Concorde Condominium and
Office Building
- Shoemart Bldgs. In Manila
- Mindanao State University Bldg.,
Marawi City
- Central Luzon State University
Bldgs, Nueva Ecija
- Asian Development Bank (Now Department of Foreign
Affairs, Pasay City)
- Colgate Palmolive Phils. ,Inc.
- Proj.in,Guam, Taipei,Taiwan Vietnam & Saudi
Philippine Nuclear
Research Institute
Gabriel Papa Formoso
- La Tondena Building
- G.T. International Tower
- Asian Institute of Management
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Valley Golf Club, Victoria Valley,
Antipolo, Rizal
- Alabang Golf and Country Club,
Alabang
- Development Academy of the
Philippines, Tagaytay City
- Club Filipino, Greenhills
- Pacific Star Building, Makati
- America Lepanto Building, Paseo de Roxas
- Manila Peninsula Hotel, Ayala Avenue
- Dona Narcisa de Leon Building
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex, Roxas Blvd.
- BA-Lepanto Building, Paseo de Roxas, Makati
- Dusit (formerly Nikko) Hotel
- Heritage (formerly The Regent of Manila) Hotel
- Metropolitan Museum, BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd (Interior
by Lor Calma)
- (w/Kohn Pederson Fox) GT Tower
- (w/RMDA Architects) Alabang Town Center

Philippine Science High

School

La Tondena Building

The Concorde
Condominium and
Office Building
Asian Institute of Management

Mindanao State University

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Bldg., Marawi City

Alabang Golf and

Central Luzon State Country Club, Alabang
University Bldgs, Nueva
Ecija

Club Filipino, Greenhills

Asian Development Bank (Now
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Pasay City)
Pacific Star Building, - Hyatt Regency Hotel , Roxas Blvd
Makati - Makati Stock Exchange Bldg. 1971
- Ayala Museum , Makati 1974
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel , Makati 1976
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1979
- National Arts Center , Makiling, Los Banos 1976
- Istana Nurul Iman ( Palalce of Sultan of Brunei )

America Lepanto
Building, Paseo de Roxas Holy Sacrifice Chapel ,
U.P. Diliman Campus

Cultural Center of the

Dusit (formerly Nikko) Philippines
Hotel

Manila Peninsula Folk Arts Center 1974

Hotel, Ayala Avenue

Dona Narcisa de Leon Building

PHILCITE (Philippine Center
for International Trade and
Exhibition)1976

PICC 1976
Heritage (formerly
The Regent of Manila)
Hotel

(w/RMDA Architects) Philippine Plaza

Alabang Town Center Hotel 1976

Leandro Locsin Hyatt Regency

Hotel , Roxas
- Holy Sacrifice Chapel , U.P. Blvd
Diliman Campus
- Cultural Cener of the Philippines
- Folk Arts Center 1974
- PHILCITE 1976
- PICC 1976
- Phil. Plaza Hotel 1976
Makati Stock Exchange Bldg. Amon Trading building on Buendia
1971

Ayala Museum , Makati 1974

World Health Organization

Mandarin Oriental Hotel ,

Makati 1976

Ramon Magsaysay Center

Ninoy Aquino International

Airport 1979

Quisumbing Building

National Arts Center , Makiling

, Los Banos 1976

Istana Nurul Iman ( Palace of
Sultan of Brunei )
Alfredo Luz
- Menzi Building on Ayala
Avenue
- Amon Trading building on
Buendia
- L & S Building on Roxas Blvd.,
Dewey Blvd.,Manila,
- Fil-Oil Refinery Service Building
in Limay, Bataan
- World Health Organization
- Ramon Magsaysay Center
- Quisumbing Building
Felipe Mendoza
- Batasang Pambansa Bldgs., Q.C
- Dev’t. Academy of the Phils. RCBC
Bldg., 23 Branches
- PCI Bank T.M. Kalaw, Mla
- Far Eastern University Hospital,
Morayta , Mla
- San Jose Seminary Bldg., Ateneo
de Mla.Univ.Q.C
- Assumption School bldgs.,
Antipolo, Rizal
- Mormon Temple, Green Meadows, Q.C
- Buildings at the Rice Research institute, Los Banos
- Glorietta , San Fernando ,Pampanga
- 250 Room Suehiro Hotel, GUAM
- Safeway Supermarket, U.S.A
Batasang Pambansa Bldgs.,
Q.C
Far Eastern University Hospital , Former Head Office of PLDT,
Morayta , Mla Makati

Picache Bldg. Plaza Miranda Quiapo.(1st

HighRise Bldg
San Jose Seminary Bldg.,
Ateneo de Manila University.
Q.C

Assumption School bldgs.,

Antipolo, Rizal
Lopez Museum Bldg., Pasay

Mormon Temple,
Green Meadows , Q.C
Jose Maria Zaragoza
- Meralco Building Pasig City
- Sto. Domingo Church and Convent
Buildings at the Rice Research Quezon City
institute, Los Banos - Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu
City
- Villa San Miguel, Mandaluyoung.

Meralco Building Pasig City

Angel Nakpil
- National Press Club Bldg.,
Magallanes Drive, Manila
- Former Head Office of PLDT,
Makati
- Picache Bldg.Plaza Miranda
Qpo. (1st HighRise Bldg
- Lopez Museum Bldg.,Pasay
Sto. Domingo Church and
Convent Quezon City

National Press Club Bldg.,

Magallanes Drive ,Manila
Metropolitan Cathedral Mary Imaculate Parish
of Cebu City Church, Las Pinas, Rizal

Villa San Miguel, Mandaluyong. Landscaping of Corregidor

Island

Quezon Memorial Circle, Q.C.

Francisco Mañosa and Brothers

(Jose & Manuel Jr.)
Other Architects
- San Miguel Corporation Head
Office,Mandaluyong • Francisco Fajardo
- Tahanang Filipino at the CCP
Complex Roxas blvd • Augusto Fernando
- Shrine of Our Lady Queen of
Peace, EDSA • Carlos Banaag
- Mary Imaculate Parish Church,
• Gines Rivera
Las Pinas , Rizal
- Quezon Memorial Circle, Q.C.
- Landscaping of Corregidor Island
• Antonio Heredia

San Miguel Corporation Head

Office, Mandaluyong

Tahanang Filipino at the CCP

Complex Roxas Blvd

Shrine of Our Lady Queen of

Peace, EDSA