Philippine Art

History
DAÑO, FONTANILLA, ZAFRA
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Objectives: 01 To learn more about the different
artworks and artist in the
Philippine History

02 Differentiate the artworks that

was made in each era
Pre-Colonial Art Period (1946-1986)
The inhabitants of the Philippine
Islands are the indigenous people
which are our ancestors.
The FIlipino people before belonged in
different tribes and thus having a large
variety cultural and ethnic backgrounds
 Visual Arts
Ancient Filipinos
expressed paintings
mainly through
tattoos and cave
carvings
 Tattoo
Pintados
inhabitants of the Visayan
Islands.

Petroglyphs
These are artworks of the
Pintados early Filipinos where they
carve the figures on rocks

Angono Petroglyphs
Angono Petroglyphs
is the oldest known artwork in
the Philippines, 127 human
and animal figures engraved
on the rock walls dating back
3000 B.C.
Sculpture
Ancient Filipinos have attained a
high artistic level through
pottery, wood carving and even
jewelry.

Bul-ul
carved Anito figures of the
Ifugaos
Represented Ancestral
Spirits and Granary Gods
Sarimanok
Legendary bird of the Maranao
people that originated from
Mindanao
Represents a fowl with wings,
feathered tail, and a head decorated
with ornaments of scrolled and
painted motif of leaves, spirals, and
feather-like forms
They are usually placed on top of
bamboo poles for various occasions
because it is a symbol of good
fortune.
 Hagabi
Wooden Chair of the
Ifugaos
It signifies royalty or
power
Only the rich people
can have this chair
together with the
rituals celebrated
after the chair has
been made
Manunggul Jar

Banga
Depicted in the lid are
two boatmen riding a
banca on their way to the
great divide
Used for burial rites by
ancient people in
Palawan
 Sunduk
Ukkil etched on coral gives a
grave distinctive marker
known as Sunduk
It is used as a grave
markers
Its shape indicate the sex of
the deceased, hexagonal
posts for males and flat
combs for females
 Jewelry
Used by the people
belonged in the upper class
or royal families
Boaya
Bontoc Warrior’s Head Hunting
Necklace
Made of shell, boar tusk, rattan,
fiber and bone
Filipino Bawisak
Earrings
Traditional Ifugao tribe bead
and shell earrings
Bottom shell design have been
described as either
representing butterflies or a
certain generative male
anatomy
 Music Bamboo Zither Gaddang
The ancient Filipinos had music for all
occasions, for every phase of life, from
birth to death.
Each community had their own set of
musical instruments and style
Instruments
Bamboo Zither: ethnic dances are usually
accompanied by chordophones
Gaddang:Cordillera Percussion; flat gongs Kulintang
made of copper and iron alloy Dabakan
Kulintang: gongs of graduated sizes
arranged in a row
Dabakan: single-headed Philippine drum,
primarily used as a supportive instrument in
the kulintang ensemble
 Dance
Dance during the pre-colonial period
served many purpose

Dance for Worship

Manerwap
a rain dance to the God “Kabunian”
to open the field to water the rice
terraces
 Dance tells a Story
Salip
a courtship dance
Singkil
a dance about the legend
Salip
of the “Darangan” of the
Maranao people of
Mindanao. Depicting an

Singkil
episode of an epic poem
called "Darangen"
Dance was a celebration of
an event

Sagayan-silat
Victories in War
Imbayah
Thanksgiving after a bountiful
harvest
 Literature
It may be classified into: oral or
written literature
Oral Literature
Bugtong
Sabi - Maxim
Talindaw - boat songs
Dalit at Umbay - song of grief
Tagumpay, balikungkong,
and hiliraw - war songs
Uyayi and Hele - lullbies
Ihiman - bridal song
 Baybayin
means “to spell” in Tagalog
It is a member of the Brahmic family
and is recorded as being in use in the
16th century. It continued to be used
during the Spanish colonization of the
Philippines up until the late 19th
Century.
It was widely used in Luzon and other
parts of the Philippines during the
16th and 17th centuries before being
supplanted by the Latin alphabet.
 Spanish Colonial Art
Period
1521
The Spaniards used They used art as a
tool to propagate the Catholic faith
through beautiful images.
Images of the Holy Family and saints
were already introduced to the Filipino
Psyche.
Most of the art that was produced
during the first two centuries of Spanish
occupation is for the Church.
Spanish Whispers in Cebu, Philippines
Spanish Colonial Art Period
19th Century
Ilustrados
Enlighten and Educated.
Native Indios acquired economic wealth.
Filipinos ilustrados send their children to
Universities in Europe.
Illustados are a new patron of the art of the
19th century.This event is the way of
secularization of art in the 19th century.
Painting
The Spanish friars introduce Western
Painting to the artisans in the
Philippines.
They learned to copy two-dimensional
from the religious icons that the friars
bought from Spain.
Portraits of saints and the Holy Family
became a familiar sight in churches.
Passion of Christ, the Via Crucis, the
Crucifixion, portrayal of heaven,
purgatory and hell were also the
subjects that were used before.
Josef Luciano Dans (1805- ca.
1870)
Langit, Lupa, Impyerno ca. 1850
(Heaven, Earth, Hell)
This is a three-level painting that shows
the Holy Trinity, Mary the Mother Of
Christ, saints, the Seven Blessed
Sacraments and a macabre depiction
of Hell.
Purgatory (Purgatorio)
It shows the eight forms of punishment
the soul passes through the cleansing
before reaching Heaven. Langit, Lupa, Impyerno
 Damian Domingo y Gabor

He is remembered as the first

Filipino painter to specialize in
secular (non-religious) painting.
He also has a photographic memory.
He is well-known as the creator of
miniature portraits of Manila Society
Figure.

Self- Portrait
Sculpture
The natives looked instantly at
sculpture because it was newly
introduced.
Carvings of anitos became
saints.
Santos were usually used for
the church altars.
Retablos is a type of
sculpture/carvings for churches
including altarpieces.
 Juan de los Santos
He is the earliest known sculptor in
the Philippines in the 17th century.
He is also a sacristan of San Pablo,
Laguna.
A few of his artworks can be found at
the San Agustin Convent Museum.

Sculpture of San Agustin Convent Museum

Music
This influences the new
forms of music in the Quiapo Church in Manila
Philippines.
Music in the Spanish Era was
intended to bring the
Christian Faith closer to the
Natives.
Songs, natives drums and
gongs were dominated by
the Christian chants.
They also used the harmony
of new Western Instruments.
Organ, sharp and guitar are
examples of these kinds of
instruments .
Dance
Dancing is one of the
religious activities among the
Fiilipinos.
It was performed by the
priest and priestess for
thanksgiving.
Carinosa, Tinikling and
Curacha were introduced by
the Spaniards.
Most of the Folk Dance
today were adaptations of
the old natve dance.
 Kumintang
The oldest song and dance
This was pantomimed song
and dance

Polka sa Nayon
Kumintang Ballroom Poka
It was popular in the province of
Batangas during fiestas and big

Polka sa Nayon
social affairs.
 Architecture
Most of the building in the
Spanish were usually Church and
Cathedrals.

Bahay na Bato
It is a type of building that was built
during the Spanish Colonial Period
It is also an updated version of the
traditional bahay kubo
characteristic of the nipa with the
Bahay na Bato style, culture and technology of
Chinese and Spanish Architecture
Ancestral houses were commonly
called these kinds of houses.
 University of
Santo Tomas
The oldest University in Asia.
It is also the largest Catholic University
in the Philippines because of its
population.
This university is found in Espana,
Manila
In year 1947, Pope Pius XII name this
university as the “Catholic University
University of Santo Tomas of the Philippines”
American Colonial Art Period
Americans set out to conquer the Filipinos
through education and governance.
There was an increase in demand for illustration
and cartoons for books and publications.
With the large number of new corporations,
advertising and commercial design were in
demand and incorporated in the curriculum of
fine arts schools.
Everything has changed when World War II
happened in Asia with the Japanese bombing of
Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941.
For the four years of the Japanese occupation in
the Philippines, they used visual arts.

-
Painting
The paintings in this era were usually
focused on the investors, favored
landscapes, still life, and genre
themes that show the beauty of the
land and its people.

Young Woman holding her Jar by Fernando Amorsolo

 Fabian dela Rosa (1869 – 1937)
He was the first Filipino painter of
note in the 20th century.
He was recognized for his realistic
portraits, genre and landscapes in
subdued colors.
He was enrolled at the Escuela de
Balles Artes y Dibujo and took from
Lorenzo Guerrero.

Women Working in a Rice Field by

Fabian dela Rosa
 Fernando Amorsolo y
Cueto (1892-1972)
He is the first and one the few Filipino
painters who have captured the
different striking colors and character
of the country’s magnificent sunlight.
His paintings are usually bursting
with yellow-orange and golden
sunlight.
Besides his landscape, his paintings
also usually focus on the rural life of
men and women.
He shows in his painting that
farmers and fishermen usually
Palay Maiden enjoy and do work with effort.
 Sculpture
Guillermo Tolentino
(1890-1976)
He was trained in
the classical style
in Rome.
 Guillermo Tolentino
(1890-1976)

One of his masterpieces is the

Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan.
In his Bonifacio Monument, it shows
the classical in execution but
romantic in content.

Bonifacio Monument, Caloocan

Dance
1898
The United States
colonized the Philippines.
It contributed to the
people’s eventual
surrender among armed
struggles against Spain.

Square Dance
 Orosa Goquingco
(1917-2005)
In 1941, she staged Trend: Return to
Native. It is her seminal of her Filipino
Ballets.
In 1961, she also topped these
Filipinescas: Philippine Life, Legend
and Lore in Dance.
Marino Santos
She turned to modern dance and
founded the Far Eastern
University Modern Experimental
dance.
She also directed the FEU folk
dance that stirred in Europe as
much as the Bayanihan did in the
1950.
 Music
American brought blues,
folk, R&B and Rock & Roll to
the Philippines.
It also became part of the
educational curriculum.
It helps to develop the skills
of the Filipinos in music.
They used this skill to imitate
Western music to create
local versions of Western
The Beatles
Music.
Example: Rock and Roll
music by The Beatles
 Architecture
When the American came to the
Philippines in 1898, there was a new
breed of architectural structures.
The American contribution to the
country was established of the
government
University of the Phillpines (Diliman, Quezon City) The foremost architectural seen of the
era in such buildings as the
Government Post Office Government Post Office Building and
Legislative House.
Since public education was
Building

established in this era, the University

of the Philippines was built.
Daniel Burnham (1846-
1912)
Chicago architect and town planner
He developed the City of Manila and
found a summer capital in the area of
Baguio.
He suggested the style of the
architecture varies a little from
existing architecture at the time as
typified by the Manila Hotel.
Post War Art Period
This was the period where the
Philippines have been freed from
being a colony of Japan and the
Americans.

During this period, art became more

modern and more conservative. And
as many real estates are destroyed
during the war, architecture was
booming.
 Literature
Victorio Edads, Carlos 'Botong' Francisco and
Galo B. Ocampo
They formed the TRIUMVIRATE OF MODERN
ART
Philippine Literature in English (written in English
Language) imitated the American models of
writing.
'Filipino Writing' was first anothology of poetry in
English
Paintings
Fernando
Amorsolo

One of the most

important artist in
Philippine history
He was a portraitist and
painter of rural Philippine
landscapes
Known for his
craftsmanship and use of
light
Portait of Lina (1946)
 Jose Joya
Space Transfiguration
Granadean Arabesque
A Filipino pioneer of
Abstract expressionism,
multi-media painter
uses bold and vibrant
colors with a variety of
painting techniques,
layering, loose impasto
strokes and controlled
drips
 Carlos "Botong"
Fransisco

Filipino Muralist
National Artist for Painting
He is also know for the
discovery of the Angono
Petroglyphs
He was one of the first Filipino
modernists who broke away
from Fernando Amorsolo's
romanticism of Philippine
scenes.
Progress of Medicine - UP-PGH
Filipino Struggles throughout History
Filipino Struggles throughout History
Sculptures

Sandugo (Tabilaran City, Bohol)


Tribute to Higher Education
Napoleon Abueva
“Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture”
Proclaimed as National Artist
for Sculpture in 1976; he is
the youngest recipient of the
award at 46 years old
He mainly use hard wood,
adobe, metal, stainless steel,
cement, marble, bronze, iron,
alabaster, coral and brass
Kaganapan

UP Gateway (UP Diliman)

 Guillermo
Tolentino

National Artist for

Sculpture (1973)
UP Oblation
His artworks are
displayed in Gallery XII
of the National Museum
of Fine Arts
 "Art is the
Contemporary Art Period
expression
(1986-present)
-1960’s or 70’s up until today ’
of one s
feelings
- Art produced at the present period in through
time
creating
-Produced by artists who are living something
in the twenty-first century
out of
imagination"
 Contemporary and Modern are synonyms but they really are

different.

CONTEMPORARY ART MODERN ART

Art from 1960’s up until today Art from 1880-1960’s

 From the meaning of contemporary, present times
01 or living
C H A R A C E R I S T I C S O F

It is a reflection of current issues or current events.

02
Contemporary Contemporary artists use their masterpieces to
comment on cultural, political, and global issues,
including race, feminism, human rights, civil, rights,
03 gender equality, wars, economic inequality, and
Art global conflicts.

Contemporary art guides us to have reflection on

04 our society and its issues on politics, economy.
culture and the likes.
 Philippines has a collection of contemporary art that tells us the story of
our country. There are so many artists that popularized some of them
and influenced the perception of Filipino

Nowadays, through the use of digital technology, contemporary arts

depend on the multitasking features of computers, internet,
communication and transportation services and the likes. It innovates
the effects, animation, sounds and so much more features
 1. Painting

2. Sculpture
Contemporary
ART FORMS 3. Music

4. Dance

5. Architecture
Painting
Painting
Maningning Miclat
APRIL 15,1972- SEPT. 29, 2000

Born and raised in China

Multilingual Poet - Filipino, English

Mandarin

Published author, painter, Art teacher at

Far Eastern University

She was known for her Chinese bamboo

Zen painting

"Troubled in Paradise"
Benedicto Reyes
Cabrera
ARIL 10, 1942

Born in Manila

Popularly known as bencab

Filipino painter and was awarded National

Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts
(Painting) in 2006

"Master of contemporary Philippine art"

In 1992, he received the Gawad CCP Para

sa Sining (Cultural Center of the
Philippines Award for the Arts).
 Mysterious Woman, 2005

The Oriental Fan,

1982
 José T. Joya
JUNE 3, 1931 – MAY 11, 1995

Born in Manila

Filipino abstract artist

National Artist of the Philippines

awardee.

Pioneered abstract expressionism in the

Philippines

Printmaker, mixed media artist and

former dean of University of the
Philippines’ College of Fine Arts

His canvases were characterized by

"dynamic spontaneity" and "quick
gestures" of action painting.
 Karma, 1979

Composition, 1960
Luis Veloso Olmedo
JULY 7, 1937 – SEPT. 8, 1996

Populary known as Onib Olmedo

Major Filipino artist of the 20th century

An award winning expressionist Filipino

painter

He is best known for his expressionistic

figurative paintings

Along with Solomon Saprid and Ang Kiukok

he helped found the Filipino Expressionist
movement
 Still Life,1990

Adam, 1989
Born in Dagupan, Pangasinan
Victorio C. Edades
“Father of Modern Art in the Philippines”
DEC. 13, 1895 – MARCH 7, 1985

He was named a National Artist for

Painting in 1976

The pioneer in modernism in the

Philippine art scene.

Modernist thought encouraged him to

experiment in artistic expression and to
present reality as he saw it in his own way.

He taught at the University of Santos

Tomas and became dean of its
Department of Architecture

He led the revolutionary Thirteen

Moderns,
 The Fisherman

The Sketch, 1928

Sculpture
Napoleon Isabelo
Veloso Abueva
JANUARY 26, 1930 – FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Born in Tagbilaran, Boho

Popularly known as Napoleon Abueva

"Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture"

Philippines’ National Artist for Sculpture

He used materials as varied as wood,

bronze, coral, and stone.
 Siyam na Diwata ng Sining, 1991

Magdangal
Born in Manila
Arturo Rogerio Luz
Philippine National Artist awardee for NOVEMBER 20, 1926

Visual Arts (1997), the country's highest

accolade in the arts

A known printmaker, sculptor, designer

and art administrator.

A founding member of the modern Neo-

realist school in Philippine art

His masterpieces exemplifies an ideal of

sublime austerity in expression and form.

He produced works that elevated Filipino

aesthetic vision to new heights of
sophisticated simplicity.
 Grey Performance, 1991

Boxes and Shells, 1997

Born in Siasi, Sulu

National Artist of the Philippines for

Abdul Asia Imao
Sculpture in 2006. JANUARY 14, 1936 - DECEMBER 16, 2014

He is the first Moro to receive the

recognition

A patron of Philippine Muslim art and

culture.

A sculptor, painter, photographer,

ceramist, documentary filmmaker, cultural
researcher, writer.

known for using the okir, sarimanok and

the naga as motifs in his artworks

He draws inspiration from Tausūg and

Maranao art.
Eduardo De los
Santos Castrillo
OCTOBER 31, 1942 – MAY 18, 2016

Born in Sta. Ana, Manila

"The Phenomenon of Philippine Art".

An award-winning Filipino sculptor

Sculptor, jewelry artist and designer

A Republic Cultural Heritage awardee.

Pioneered his own constructivism style of

sculpture
 Bonifacio and the Katipunan Revolution Monument, 1998

The Redemption, 1974

 Solomon Saprid
MARCH 13, 1917 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2003

He is a sculptor best known for his bronze

“Tikbalang” series which he created by
welding scraps of metal, producing a
characteristic jagged effect.

Taming of the Tikbalang” was one of his

major works at the Makati commercial
center.

He had a major show with Onib Olmedo

and Ang KiuKok called “Three Figurative
Expressionists” at the CCP in 1990.
 Lady and the Horse, 1994

Tikbalang, 1975
contemporary
contemporary
music
music
Gilopez Kabayao
DECEMBER 23, 1929

Born in Negros Occidental

A Gawad CCP Awardee for Music in 2008

Has been playing the violin for Filipinos for

decades now

His passion allowed him to visit various

concert venues in the country and share
his love for classical music to several
generations.
Born in Ermita, Manila
Maria Lea Carmen
Professionally known as Lea Salonga
Imutan Salonga
Multiple award-winning actress and singer who FEBRUARY 22, 1971

is renowned across the world

She is best known for her Tony Award winning

role in Miss Saigon

First Filipino artist to sign with an international

record label (Atlantic Records in 1993).

She was the first Asian to play the roles of

Eponine and Fantine in the musical Les
Miserables on Broadway.

She is also behind the singing voice of two

Disney Princesses- Jasmine (Aladdin, 1992) and
Fa Mulan (Mulan, 1998 and Mulan II, 2004)
making her a Disney Legend in 2011.
 Cecile Buencamino
Born in Manila
Licad
A renowned Filipina virtuoso classical pianist MAY 11, 1961

Dubbed as “a pianist’s pianist” by The New

Yorker

Began her piano studies at the age of three

At seven, she made her debut as soloist with the

Philharmonic Orchestra of the Philippines.

One of the youngest musicians to receive the

prestigious Leventritt Gold Medal

American Landscapes (Danacord) ; “Classical

New Release Of The Month” (March 2019)
dance
dance
Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance

Company
Oldest dance company in the Philippines

Multi-awarded company, both nationally and internationally

Guillermo Gomez Rivera has called it the "depository of

almost all Filipino dances, dress and songs.

Takes its name from an ancient Filipino tradition called

Bayanihan, which means working together for a common
good
In 1956 Dr. Helena Z Benitez founded the Bayanihan Folk Dance
Group of the Philippine Women’s University

1957, it was formally organized as the Bayanihan Folk Arts Center

with the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company as its performing
arm

Since then they have made at least 14 major tours to Africa, Asia,
Australia, Europe, US, and the Middle East.

They performed in 6 continents, 66 countries and 700 cities

worldwide.
architecture
architecture
 Bahay Kubo Mansion
Francisco Mañosa, May 2008 FRANCISCO "BOBBY" MAÑOSA

Two-storey Bahay Kubo mansion in Ayala

Alabang Village in Manila.

It only has 3 posts or “haligi” and a 5 one-inch

coconut shell doors, a “silong”, Muslim rom, sala,
and master’s bedroom with a fish pond.

Inspired by traditional vernacular forms such as

the bahay kubo and the bahay na bato

He used indigenous materials and

experimented with new technologies so that it
would be usable in a modern context.
 Francisco "Bobby"
Mañosa
12 FEBRUARY 1931 – 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Filipino architect considered as one of the most influential Filipino architects of

the 20th century

Pioneered the art of Philippine neo vernacular architecture.

National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 2018.

He was popularly known as the architect of the Coconut Palace, EDSA Shrine,
the Davao Pearl Farm, and Amanpulo resorts
 Cultural Center of the
Leandro V. Locsin
Philippines
Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas LEANDRO V. LOCSIN

In 1965, Former First Lady Imelda Marcos

revealed her desire to build a national theater
for the country.

It was established through Executive Order No.

30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos.

It is a government owned and controlled

corporation established to preserve, develop
and promote arts and culture in the Philippines.

Headed by an 11-member Board of Trustees

Located along Roxas Boulevard.

 Leandro V. Locsin
AUGUST 15, 1928 – NOVEMBER 15, 1994

Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer known for his use of concrete,
floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects

Some of his artworks were:

- Church of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 1955
- St. John the Baptist Church, Kalibo, Aklan, 1993
- Rizal Park Amphitheater (1981)
Ildefonso Paez Santos, Jr. (1967 to 1969)

originally named as Cementerio General de Dilao

Paco Park
It was planned as a municipal cemetery for the well- ILDEFONSO PAEZ SANTOS JR.

off and established aristocratic Spanish families who

resided in the old Manila, or Intramuros.

The cemetery is circular in shape, with an inner

circular fort that was the original cemetery with
niches on the hollow walls. As the population
continued to grow, a similar second outer wall was
built with the thick adobe hollow walls with niches,
the top of the walls made into a walkway
circumnavigating the park.

It is a recreational garden and was once Manila's

municipal cemetery built by the Dominicans during
the Spanish colonial period.

Located on General Luna Street and at the east end

of Padre Faura Street in Paco, Manila, Philippines.
 Ildefonso Paez
Santos Jr.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1929 – JANUARY 29, 2014

popularly known simply as "IP Santos"

Filipino architect who was known for being the "Father of Philippine
Landscape Architecture."

He was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines in the field of

Architecture in 2006.
Architecture
Architecture
Post-war Period
1946
Utilization of reinforced
concrete, steel and glass, the
predominance of cubic forms,
geometric shapes and
Cartesian grids, and the
absence of applied decoration.
1947
A corps of architects and
engineers were tasked to
study the modern US and Latin
American capital and
formulate a master plan for
Manila.
Federico Ilustre
1912–1989

consulting architect from the 1950’s to the 1970’s,

worked at the Elliptical Road in QC

He graduated from Mapua Institute of Technology

He passed his licensure examinations in 1937

He started his career as a draftsman for Juan Nakpil

The centerpiece is the 65-meter high Art Deco Quezon

Memorial Monument
The 1950’s and 60’s staple architectural elements were the brise-
soleil, glass walls, pierced screens, and thin concrete shells.·

"Forms follows function ” The post-war doctrine was “form follows

function” professed by the “3rd
- is a principle associated with modernist generations architects”
architecture and industrial design in the
20th century. Cesar Concio
Angel Nakpil
- it states that the shape of a building or
Felipe Mendoza
object should be primarily based upon its Gabriel Formoso
intended function or purpose. Carlos Arguelles.
3rd Generations Architecht
 Cesar Homero
Concio, Sr.
NOVEMBER 30, 1907 – APRIL 27, 2003

First University Architect of the University of the

Philippines

Chief architect of the UP Diliman Campus.

When the University transferred Diliman from Padre

Faura in the late 1940’s, Cesar Concio was tasked to
continue what Louis Croft had started.

He is also one of the architects selected by President

Roxas in 1947 to study the trends in Architecture and
Engineering to design the building s here in the
Philippines.
Church of the Risen Lord,
Diliman, Quezon City

Palma Hall,
Diliman, Quezon City
 Angel E. Nakpil
FEBRUARY 20 1914 – NOVEMBER 2, 1980

He was a leading Filipino architect

Nephew of Juan Nakpil

He graduated from UST in 1931 and a Harvard- trained

architect.

He served as the City Planning Commissioner in Manila

during the post-war reconstruction years from 1947-1949

He was a charter member of the United Architects of the

Philippines which was founded in 1975

The National Press Club Building

 Lopez Museum and Library
Pasay City

National Press Club Building

Magallanes Drive, Manila
Felipe Mendoza
MAY 26, 1917 – APRIL 28, 2000)

Filipino architect,physical planner, writer

and educator

He formed a partnership with gabion de

Leaon and Homero Ingles but later
formed his own architectural firm in 1951

His work includes original and innovative

examples of many different building
types, including offices, churches,
schools, hotels, and transportation
terminal
 Awards Buildings

Patnubay ng Sining at Batasang Pambansa

kalinangan in 1976 The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saint
UAP Likha Award, 1982 Development Academy of
the Philippines
Philippine Veterans Bank
Philippine Veterans Bank
June 18, 1963

Republic Act no. 3518

The concept of a bank for veterans of World War
II was conceived in 1956 when a war reparations
agreement was signed between Japan and
Philippines
 Gabriel Formoso
APRIL 9, 1915 - DECEMBER 22, 1996

He was the founding chairman of the Kanlungan

Architectural Foundation of the Philippines

He started his career in the 1950’s and by the

1960's, he was already successful and became the
most popular architects of the residences of the
posh Makati Villages.

He was also one of the people selected in 1963 to

the planning and working committee for the future
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynlia.
Awards Buildings
PRC Outstanding Architect Pacific Star Building on Makati Avenue, 1990
of the Year, 1979
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Manila
Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan, 1977 Nikko Manila Garden Hotel on Epifanio de los Santos
Avenue, 1974
Republic Cultural Heritage
Awards, 1973 Peninsula Manila Hotel on Ayala Avenue, 1974

United Architects of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), 1968

Philippines Likha Award,
1990 Doña Narcisa de Leon Building on Paseo de Roxas, 1967.
 Asian Institute of Management
Makati City

Bangko Sentral ng Piliipinas

Manila, Philippines
 Carlos D. He studied abroad

Arguelles A Filipino architect who was

SEPTEMBER 15, 1917 - AUGUST 19, 2008
known for being a leading
proponent of the International
Style of architecture in the
Philippines in the 1960s

He served as a professor in
Design at the UST College of
Architecture and Fine Arts

Appointed as Dean of the UST

College of Architecture and Fine
Arts from 1954 to 1959
 Awards Buildings
Eagle Scout and a ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman,
Distinguished Eagle Scout Quezon City
Awardee of the Boy Scouts Philamlife Homes, Quezon City
of America. Philamlife Building, Manila
Manila Hilton (now Manila Pavilion) Hotel,
Manila
International Rice Research Institute
Building, Los Baños, Laguna
Encarnacion Hall, University of the
Philippines School of Economics, Diliman,
Quezon City
 Development Bank of the Philippines
Makati City

Philamlife Building
Ermita, Manila
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