FILIPINO ARCHITECTS

1. PABLO ANTONIO
 recognized in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time.
 His style was noted for its simplicity and clean structural design.
 He was cited for taking Philippine architecture into a new direction, with "clean lines,
plain surfaces, and bold rectangular masses."
 "buildings should be planned with austerity in mind and its stability forever as the aim
of true architecture, that buildings must be progressive, simple in design but
dignified, true to a purpose without resorting to an applied set of aesthetics and
should eternally recreate truth"
 2nd National Artist for Architecture

FEU Building
 considered as the largest ensemble of surviving Art Deco architecture in Manila
White Cross Orphanage
 façade shaped like a large white cross.
Manila Polo Club

Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building

 transfigured the
modernist box into a
building that was
suited to the tropics
by utilizing double
sunshades. The
concrete slab
overhangs at both
ceiling height and
window sill height for
every floor braced by
staggered vertical
fins of half-storey
height. Curved bands
of concrete
horizontally traversed
every floor.
Bel Air Apartments

Ideal Theater
 it boasted a
streamline design --
that is, it was
adorned with
smooth curves and
finishes
Galaxy Theater
2. LUIS ARANETA
Times theater
Makati Medical Center
Santa Catalina College

3. JUAN ARELLANO
 one of the first pensionados in architecture
 joined the Bureau of Public Works just as the last
American architects, George Fenhagen and Ralph H.
Doane, were leaving.
 oversaw the production of the Manila's first zoning plan
Legislative Building (National Museum)

Manila Central Post Office

 the main postal office of Manila, which also serves as the home of the Philippine Postal
Corporation.
 houses the main mail sorting-distribution operations of the Philippines.
 was strategically located by Daniel Burnham at the foot of Jones Bridge because of two
reasons. First was that the Pasig River could be used conveniently as an easy route for
delivering mail and secondly, the post office could be accessible from all sides
including Quiapo, Binondo, Malate, and Ermita.
  Fronting the huge, rectangular volume are the 16 Ionic pillars lined that are lined up above
the steps just before entering the lobby. The main body of the building is capped by a
recessed rectangular attic storey and flanked and buttressed by two semi-circular wings.
Inside, the main lobby has subsidiary halls at each end housed under the semi-circular
spaces roofed with domes.

Metropolitan Theater
 During the post-war period, it was misused as a boxing arena, low-quality motel, gay bar,
basketball court and as a home for squatters.
 “The Philippines needed a modern cultural center for operas, concerts, and plays, and he
planned to achieve a monumental one through its dimensions, elevations, and splendid
decorations, and through its harmonious liens it would symbolize an organ or a cathedral.”
 was influenced by early Filipino art which uses local motifs and diverse imagery of Philippine
flora.
 “on wings of song” gave the structural configuration, a box-shaped auditorium flanked by
pavilions on both sides. 
 The mix of modernization and romanticization resulted in A. V. H. Hartendrop labeling it as
modern expressionism
  resembles a stage being framed by a proscenium-like central window of stained glass which
carries the name “Metropolitan” with flora and fauna motif surrounding the label. 
 Angkor Wat-inspired minarets crown the top of the concave roof which suggested its status
as a theater back in its prime days. 

4. OTILLO ARELLANO
  designs were modernist in nature and he was one of the first post-
war architects in his homeland to be inspired by Filipino symbols. 
  architect of the Filipino pavilion at the world exhibition of 1964. This
pavilion stood out because of the roof that looked like a salacot
Filipino Pavilion

NBI Building
6. LORENZO CALMA

7. CESAR CONSIO
UPD Palma Hall

UPD Melchor Hall

Church of the Risen Lord (Protestant Chapel)
 The structure was proclaimed in the fifties as “an engineering masterpiece with its double
parabola.” The chapel was saddle-shaped – a hyperbolic paraboloid with flat ends. The
lower slopes of the vaulted wall were punctured by windows and vertical louvers at both
sides of the longitudinal elevation. The glass-clad façade had an opening defined by a
smaller arch that supported a cantilevered porte-cochere.
Insular Life Building
Baclaran Church
8. WILLIAM COSCOLLUELLA
9. CARLOS ARGUELLES
 known for being a leading proponent of the International Style of
architecture in the Philippines in the 1960s.

Philam Life Building

 One of the building's most striking features, the aluminum sunshading baffles (called brise
soleil), helps manipulate the amount of light and air that enters the building during different
parts of the day. The gray tinted windows also help reduce glare and the heat inside.
Philippine National Bank

Development Bank of the Philippines

10. CRESENCIANO DE CASTRO
gained credence with the design of buildings that have scientific and technological uses. These
buildings signify the progress of the country in terms of Science and Technology at that time

Philippine Nuclear Research Institute

21. LEANDRO LOCSIN
 known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects

Church of the Holy Sacrifice

 the only structure in the country where the works of five national artists can be found
 the first circular chapel with the altar in its center in the country, and the first to have a thin
shell concrete dome
 Locsin chose the round plan as the most suited for giving the congregation a sense of
participation in the mass
Tanghalang Pambansa, CCP
 primary example of the architect's signature style known as the floating volume, a trait can
be seen in structures indigenous to the Philippines such as the nipa hut.
 The marble façade of the building is cantilevered 12 meters from the terrace by huge arching
columns at the sides of the building, giving it the impression of being afloat.
Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theater)
 the largest single-span structure in the country, with a 100-by-100-metre (330 ft × 330 ft) roof
resting on eight monumental columns.
 was commissioned by then First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1974 for the Miss Universe
1974 Pageant, which was to be held in Manila for the first time. It was built in record time of
seventy-seven days in time for the pageant 
 was not air conditioned and was designed to allow natural breeze to flow through.
Philippine International Convention Center
 composed of five building modules; the Delegation Building, Secretariat Building, Plenary
Hall, Reception Hall and The Forum
National Arts Center
Istana Nurul Iman
 the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, and the seat of
the Brunei government. 
 utilized the architectural motif of golden domes and vaulted roofs to echo Brunei's Islamic
and Malay influences.
 12. ANDRES LUNA DE SAN PEDRO
 built the first air-conditioned building in the Philippines, the Crystal Arcade Building

Crystal Arcade Building

 considered the first shopping mall in the Philippines
