Pablo Antonio
Manila. His work caught the
Pablo S. Antonio (January 25,
1902 – June 14, 1975 was a Filipino architect. A
pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, The
was recognized in some quarters as the
foremost Filipino modernist architect of his
time. He was conferred the rank and title
of National Artist of the
Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos in
1976.
Early life
Antonio was born in Binondo, Manila in 1902.
He was orphaned by the age of 12, and had to
work in the daytime in order to finish his high
school education at night. He studied
architecture at the University of Santo
Tomas but dropped out of school in order to
assist in the design and construction of
the Legislative Building (now, the National
Museum of the Philippines).
Ramon Arevalo, the engineer in charge of the
Legislative Building project, funded Antonio's
education at the University of London. He
completed a five-year architecture course in
three years, graduating in 1927.
Works
Antonio first came into prominence in 1933 with
the construction of the Ideal Theater along
Avenida Rizal in 
eye of the founder of the Far Eastern
University in Manila, Nicanor Reyes, Sr., who
was looking to build a school campus that was
modern in style. Between 1938 to 1950, he
designed several buildings on the university
campus in the Art Decostyle. The FEU campus
is considered as the largest ensemble of
surviving Art Deco architecture in Manila, and in
2005, it received an Honorable Mention citation
from the UNESCO for the body's 2005 Asia-
Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage
Conservation.
Antonio also designed the White Cross
Sanitarium (1938) along Santolan Road in San
Juan City, and the Manila Polo Club (1950)
in Makati City.[3] He likewise designed the
Ramon Roces Publications Building (now
Guzman Institute of Electronics) in Soler Street
in Manila, the Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building,
and the Boulevard-Alhambra (now called Bel-
Air) Apartments Building in Roxas Boulevard &
where Manila Bay Hostel is located on the 4th
floor, this Bel-Air Apartments is near T. M. Kalaw
Avenue & beside Miramar Hotel. Bel-Air
Apartments building was designed by Pablo
Santonio and built in 1937. [2]
Apart from the Ideal Theater, Antonio also
designed several other theaters in Manila,
including the Life Theater, the Scala Theater,
the Lyric Theater, and the Galaxy Theater. As of
2008, only the Galaxy Theater remains standing,
though it is threatened with demolition.
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

Death
Antonio died in Manila, Philippines on June 14, 1975 due to health reasons. The cause of his death is still
not mentioned until after he died.

Tomás Mapúa
Tomás Bautista Mapúa (December 21, 1888 – December 22, 1965) was the first registered Filipino
architect. Born in Manila to Juan Mapúa and Justina Bautista, he was one of the first Filipino scholars
sent by the government to the United States during the American regime. He finished high school at
Boone's Preparatory School in Berkeley, California, and graduated from Cornell University in 1911 with a
degree in Architecture. Among his works include the Manila City Hall, Post Office Building, the St. La
Salle Hall, and his own home on Taft Avenue. He was supervising architect for the Bureau of Public
Works from 1918–1927, during which period he was in charge of important insular work, including the
Nurses Home of the Philippine General Hospital, Training School Building of Normal School, and various
provincial and municipal buildings.[1]

Mapúa married Rita Moya on November 3, 1916.[1] On January 25, 1925, he founded the Mapúa Institute
of Technology, a school specializing in architecture and engineering, using a run-down building in
Carriedo Street on Quiapo, Manila. Retiring from public service, Mapúa devoted himself to private
practice since 1928, and in addition to heading his own construction company (MYT Construction
Works,Inc.) was president of the Mapúa Institute of Technology. [1] He died on December 22, 1965.
Misericordia Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila was renamed to Tomas Mapua Street in his honor.
TOMAS MAPUA

MANILA CITY HALL

ST. LA SALLE HALL

MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TEECHNOLOGY

Juan Marcos Arellano

Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán (April 25, 1888 - December 5,

1960), or Juan M. Arellano, was a Filipino architect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan
Theater (1935), Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of the Philippines),
the Manila Central Post Office Building (1926), the Cebu Provincial Capitol (1937), the Bank of the
Philippine Islands Cebu Main Branch (1940), and the Jones Bridge.

Life and works

Juan M. Arellano was born on April 25, 1888 in Manila, Philippines to Luis C. Arellano and Bartola de
Guzmán. He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated in 1908. His first passion
was painting and he trained under Lorenzo Guerrero, Toribio Antillon, and Fabian de la Rosa. [1] However,
he pursued architecture and was sent to the United States as one of the first pensionados in architecture,
after Carlos Barreto, who was sent to the Drexel Institute in 1908, Antonio Toledo, who went to Ohio
State, and Tomás Mapúa, who went toCornell.
Arellano went to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1911 and subssequently transferred
to Drexel to finish his bachelor's degree in Architecture. He was trained in the Beaux Arts and
subsequently went to work for George B. Post & Sons in New York City, where he worked for Frederick
Law Olmsted, Jr.[2]

He then returned to the Philippines to begin a practice with his brother, Arcadio. He later joined
the Bureau of Public Works just as the last American architects, George Fenhagen and Ralph H. Doane,
were leaving. He and Tomás Mapúa were then named as supervising architects. In 1927, he took a study
leave and went to the United States where he was greatly influenced by Art Deco architecture.

In 1930, he returned to Manila and designed the Manila Metropolitan Theater, which was then considered
controversially moderne.[3] He also continued to act as a consulting architect for the Bureau of Public
Works where he oversaw the production of the Manila's first zoning plan. In 1940, he and Harry Frost
created a design for Quezon City, which was to become the new capital of the Philippines.

It was during that time that he also designed the building that would house the United States High
Commission to the Philippines, later the Embassy of the United States in Manila. He designed
a demesne along the edge of Manila Bay, which featured a revival-style mansion that took advantage of
the seaside vista.[4] The Americans instead opted for a federal-stylebuilding that ended up overpriced and
uncomfortable.

During World War II, the Legislative Building and Jones Bridge, were totally destroyed and the Post Office
Building was severely damaged. While these structures were all reconstructed, his original designs were
not followed and were considered poor replications.[5]

Arellano retired in 1956 and went back to painting. In 1960, he exhibited his work at the Manila YMCA.

Fernando H. Ocampo

Fernando Hizon Ocampo was a Filipino Architect and Civil Engineer. Born August 7, 1897, in San

Fernando, Pampanga, he was the son of Dr. Basilio Ocampo and Leoncia Hizon.
One of Manila's renowned architects, Ocampo was educated at the Ateneo de Manila A.B., in
1914; University of Santo Tomas, Civil Engineering, 1919; and University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of
Architecture, 1921. Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he worked in the office
of Mr. Emile Perrot, an architect inPhiladelphia, and then spent two years traveling in Europe, giving
particular attention to architectural designs. Returning to Manila he was for four years an assistant
architect in the Bureau of Public Works. In 1927 he became associated with architect Tomas
Arguelles and established Arguelles and Ocampo, architects.

Many of Manila's finest business buildings and residences attest to Ocampo's ability as an architect and
engineer. Among these are the Manila Cathedral; UST Central Seminary; the Arguelles, Paterno (later
became Far Eastern Air Transport Inc. or FEATI), Ayala, Cu Unjieng and Cu Unjieng and Fernandez
buildings; the Assumption Academy of Pampanga and the residence of Mr. Joaquin Baltazar, the latter
having taken the first prize in the 1930 beautiful home contest. In 1929 and 1930 Ocampo was a member
of the Board of Examiners for Architects in Manila and in addition to his private practice he became a
member of the faculty of the School of Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila.

Leandro Locsin

Leandro V. Locsin (August 15, 1928 - November 15, 1994) was a

Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer, known for his use ofconcrete, floating volume and simplistic
design in his various projects. An avid collector, he was fond of modern painting and Chinese ceramics.
He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990 by President Corazon C.
Aquino.

Life and career

Leandro V. Locsin was born on Aug 15, 1928 in Silay City, Negros Occidental, a grandson of the first
governor of the province. He later studied at the De La Salle Brothers in 1935 before returning to Negros
due to the Second World War. He returned to Manila to study Pre-Law, before shifting to pursue
a Bachelor's Degree in Music at the University of Santo Tomas. Although he was a talented pianist, he
later shifted again to Architecture, just a year before graduating. He was married to Cecilia Yulo, to which
he had two children, one of whom is also an architect.
The Main Building (Tanghalang Pambansa) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, one of Locsin's most recognizable
works.

An art lover, he frequented the Philippine Art Gallery, where he met the curator, Fernando Zobel de
Ayala, who recommended Locsin to the Ossorio family, who was planning to build a chapel in Negros.
Unfortunately, when Frederic Ossorio left for the United States, the plans for the chapel were canceled.
However, in 1955, then University of the Philippines, Diliman Catholic Chaplain, Fr. John Delaney, S.J.
commissioned Locsin to design a chapel that is open and can easily accommodate 1,000 people.
The Church of the Holy Sacrifice is the first round chapel in the Philippines with the altar in the middle,
and the first to have a thin shell concrete dome. The floor of the church was designed by Arturo Luz, the
stations of the cross by Vicente Manansala and Ang Kiukok, and the cross by Napoleon Abueva, all of
whom are now National Artists. Alfredo L. Juinio served as the building's structural engineer. Today, the
church is recognized as a National Historical Landmark and a Cultural Treasure by the National Historical
Institute and the National Museum respectively.

In his visit to the United States, he met some of his influences, Paul Rudolph and Eero Saarinen. It was
then he realized to use concrete, which was relatively cheap in the Philippines and easy to form, for his
buildings. In 1969, he completed what is to be his most recognizable work, the Theater of Performing
Arts (Now the Tanghalang Pambansa) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. 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 floating. A large lagoon in front of the theatre mirrors the building during
daylight, while fountains are illuminated by underwater lights by nighttime. The building houses four
theaters, a museum of ethnographic and other temporary exhibits, galleries, and a library on Philippine art
and culture. In 1974, Locsin designed the Folk Arts Theater, which is one of the largest single span
buildings in the Philippines with a span of 60 meters. It was completed in only seventy-seven days, in time
for the Miss UniversePageant. Locsin was also commissioned to build the Philippine International
Convention Center, the country's premiere international conference building and the seat of the Vice
Presidency.
In 1974, he was commissioned to design the Ayala Museum, which housed the Ayala's art collection. It
was known for the juxtaposition of huge blocks to facilitate the interior of the exhibition. Locsin was a
close friend of the Ayalas. Before taking the board examination, he took his apprenticeship at Ayala and
Company (Now the Ayala Corporation) and was even asked to design the first building in Ayala Avenue,
and several of their residences. When the collection of the Ayala Museum was moved to its current
location, the original was demolished, with Locsin's permission. The current building was dedicated in
2004, and was designed by the L. V. Locsin and Partners, led by Leandro Y. Locsin, Jr. Most of Locsin's
work has been inside the country, but in 1970, he designed the Philippine Pavilion of theWorld
Expo in Osaka, Japan. His largest single work is the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan
of Brunei. Locsin also designed some of the buildings at the UP Los Baños campus. The Dioscoro Umali
Hall, the main auditorium, is clearly an example of his distinct architecture, with its large canopy that make
it resemble the main theatre of the CCP. Most of his work is concentrated on the Freedom Park, with the
Student Union Building, once damaged by a fire, the Carillon, the Continuing Education Center and the
auditorium. He also designed UPLB's Main Library, SEARCA Residences, and several structures at
the National Arts Center (housing the Philippine High School for the Arts) situated at Mt. Makiling, Los
Baños, Laguna. In 1992, he received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize from Fukuoka City.

Locsin's last work, ironically, was also a church in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Leandro V. Locsin died on Nov
15, 1994 in Makati City. The campus of De La Salle-Canlubang, built in 2003 on a land donated by his
family, was named after him.

Works
Churches
 Ozamis City Cathedral, 1960
 Manila Memorial Park Chapel, Paranaque, 1965
 Doña Corazon L. Montelibano Chapel, Bacolod City, 1965
 Church of Saint Andrew, Bel-Air Village, Makati, 1968
 Holy Cross Memorial Chapel, Novaliches, 1969
 Chapel of St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Magallanes Village, Makati, 1970
 Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Teacher’s Village, Quezon City, 1971
 Cadiz Church, Negros Occidental, 1972
 St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church, Bacnotan, La Union, 1994
 Church of the Monastery of the Transfiguration, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, 1996
 Church of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Public Buildings

The Tanghalang Maria Makiling of the National Arts Center is Locsin's neo-vernacular interpretation of the Nipa Hut

Davao International Airport passenger terminal until 2003

 Renovation of the Old Manila International
Airport Terminal, Phase 1, Pasay City, 1972
 Design Center of the Philippines, CCP Complex,
Manila, 1974
 SEARCA Dormitory, U.P. Los Baños, Laguna, 1974 
 Fast Food Center, CCP Complex, 1976
 Philippine Center for International Trade and
Exhibitions, CCP Complex, Manila, 1976
 Davao International Airport Terminal Building,
Davao City, 1980
 Rizal Park Amphitheater
 Girl Scouts of the Philippines Headquarters,
Manila, 1993
 Ayala Museum (Demolished)
 Complex of Social Welfare Agencies
 Population Center
 Nutrition Center of the Philippines
 Asian Center for Training and Research 
for Social Welfare
 Cultural Center of the Philippines - Folk Arts
Theater
 National Arts Center, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños,
Laguna
Hotels
 Davao Insular Hotel, Davao City, 1960
 Manila Inter-Continental Hotel, Ayala Avenue, Makati, 1969
 Hyatt Regency Hotel
 Mandarin Oriental Makati
 Manila Hotel (New Building)
 Philippine Plaza Hotel
Commercial Buildings
 Ayala Building 1, Ayala Ave, Makati, 1958
 Cultural Center of the Philippines - Philippine
Center for International Trade and Exhibitions
 Cultural Center of the Philippines - Philippine
International Convention Center
Cultural Center of the Philippines - Theatre of
Performing Arts
 Expo '70 - Philippine Pavilion
 Citibank Makati
 Istana Nurul Iman, Brunei Darussalam
 Makati Stock Exchange Building
 Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Terminal 1
 U.P. Diliman - UP Film Institute
 U.P. Los Baños - Rizal Memorial Centenary
Carillon
 U.P. Los Baños - Continuing Education Center
 U.P. Los Baños - Dioscoro L. Umali Hall
 U.P. Los Baños - Main Library
U.P. Los Baños - SEARCA Dormitory and Hotel
 U.P. Los Baños - Student Union Building
 Asian Reinsurance Pool Building, Legaspi Village,
 Filipinas Life Assurance Company Building,
Ayala Avenue, Makati, 1958
 Commercial Credit Corporation Building,
Buendia Avenue, Makati, 1962
 Integrated Realty Building, Buendia Avenue,
Makati, 1962
 Philamlife Company Building, Cagayan de
Oro City, 1963
 Sarmiento Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati,
1965
 American International Underwriters
Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati, 1965
 Sikatuna Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati,
1966
 J.M. Tuason Building, Ayala Ave, Makati,
1966
 Locsin Building, EDSA, Makati, 1966
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Iloilo
City, 1969
 Philippine Bank of Commerce, Ayala Avenue,
Makati, 1969
 Magnolia Dairy Products Plant, Aurora
Boulevard, Quezon City, 1969
 Amalgamated Building, Makati, 1969
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building,
Mandaue, Cebu, 1969
 Union Carbide Philippines, Mandaue, Cebu,
1970
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Naga
City, 1970
 Filipinas life Assurance Co. Building, Cagayan 
de Oro City, 1971
 Filipinas Life Executive Center, Mandaue City, 
1971
Makati, 1972
 Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank Building,
Greenhills, Mandaluyong, 1972
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Tacloban City,
1976
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Cabanatuan
City, 1976
 EEI building, Pasig, Metro Manila, 1978
 Canlubang Golf & Country Club, Canlubang, Laguna,
1978
 Valle Verde Country Club, Pasig, Metro Manila,
1978
 Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank Building,
Batangas City, 1978
 Canlubang Sports Complex, Canlubang, Laguna,
1979
 PLDT Building (Ramon Cojuangco Building), Makati
Avenue, Makati, 1982
 Greenbelt Square Cinema, Paseo de Roxas, Makati,
1982
 Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank Building,
Makati Avenue, Makati, 1983
 Benguet Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, 1983
 Island Development Bank, Brunei, 1983
 L.V. Locsin Building, Makati Avenue, Makati, 1987
 Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank Tower 2,
Makati Avenue, Makati, 1992
 Samba-Likhaan AILM, Quezon City, 1992
 Ayala-Laguna Technopark Administration Building,
Sta Rosa, Laguna, 1993
Hi-Cement Administration Building, Norzagaray,
Bulacan, 1994
Business World Publishing Corporation Building,
1994
 Romago Building, Mandaluyong City, 1971
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building,
Batangas City, 1971
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Dagupan
City, 1971
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building Annex,
Ayala Avenue, Makati, 1972
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. Building, Davao
City, 1972
 Bacnotan Cement Plant Administration Building,
Bacnotan, La Union, 1995
 Philippine Stock Exchange Plaza, Ayala Ave, Makati,
1995
 Ayala Triangle Tower one, Ayala Avenue, Makati,
1996
 Ayala Avenue Pedestrianization Underpass, Ayala
Avenue, Makati, 1966

Sets for Theatrical Production

 Sets for Various Ballets by Ricardo Casell, 1954

 Lady Be Good production by Frederico Elizarde, 1954
 Noche Buena, CCP Dance Co., 1970
 Jewels, CCP Dance Co., 1970
 Madame Butterfly, CCP Dance Co., 1972
 Lucifer, Martha Graham Dance Co., for its 50th Anniversary Celebration, New York, 1975
 Adoration, Martha Graham Dance Co., New York, 1976
 Point of Crossing, Martha Graham Dance Co., New York, 1976
 Larawan ng Pilipino Bilang Artista, CCP, 1989
 La Traviata, CCP, July 1990
 Madame Butterfly, CCP 1994
 Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ballet Philiipines, 1994
 Suite for Lindy, from Ballet Philippines’ Ellias, CCP, 1995

Interior Design
 Leandro V. Locsin Residence, Forbes Park, Makati,
1963
 Locsin Architectural Offices, Edsa, Makati, 1966
 Laguna Estate and Development Corp. Office, Makati,
1966
 Theater for the Performing Arts, Cultural Center of the
Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1969
 C.J. Yulo and Sons Executive Offices, Pasong Tamo,
Makati, 1970]]
 Philippine Bank of Commerce Executive Suites, Ayala 
Avenue, Makati, 1971
 U.S.I. Executive Offices, Makati Stock Exchange
Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati 1971
 Filipinas Life Assurance Co. (Annex) Executive, Makati, 
1971
 Ayala Corporation Offices and Penthouse, Makati
Stock Exchange Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati, 1972
 Leandro V. Locsin Beach House, Puerto Galera,
Oriental Mindoro, 1972
 Kodak Philippines Ltd. Offices, Pasong Tamo, Makati,
1974
 Ayala Museum Executive Offices, Makati Avenue,
Makati, 1974
 Population Center, Makati, 1974
[edit]Gallery
Cultural Center of the The CCP Tanghalang Entrance to the Cultural Center.
Philippines Main Building Pambansa Building was
(Tanghalang Pambansa) completed in 1969.
 Nutrition Center of the Philippines, Makati,
1975
 Asian Center and Research for Social
Welfare, Makati, 1976
 Philippines International Convention
Center, CCP Complex, Manila, 1976
 Philippine Plaza Hotel, CCP Complex,
Manila, 1976
 Manila Hotel, Luneta, Manila, 1976
Locsin Offices, Locsin Building, Ayala
Avenue, Makati, 1989
 Supreme Court Building, Taft Avenue,
Manila, 1991
French Embassy Headquarters, Makati,
1992
 Phinma Group of Companies HRD, Makati,
1994
 Hi-Cement Administration Building,
Norzagaray, Bulacan, 1994
 Philippine Stock Exchange Plaza, Makati,
1994
 Filipinas Heritage Library (formerly Nielsen
Tower), Makati Avenue, Makati, 1996
Cantilevers supporting the
façade of the Cultural Center
Main Building.
The Philippine International

Convention Center
The Church of the Holy Interior of the church

Sacrifice Skylight and triangular frame

that supports the crucifix of

the church.

Manila Ninoy Aquino
Student Union Building at The UP Film Center at Now known as the Cine Adarna, International AirportTerminal
the University of the theUniversity of the the building was originally 1.
Philippines at Los Baños. Philippines, Diliman. designed to house the UP Film

Institute and the College of Fine

Arts.

Francisco Mañosa

Francisco Mañosa is a Filipino architect and national artist noted for his

Filipino inspired architectural designs. He designed The Coconut Palace.
Manosa, on May, 2008 built his own Ayala alabang village Bahay Kubo mansion. With only 3 posts or
"haligi", it has 5 one-inch coconut shell doors, 2nd floor, a "silong", Muslim room, sala, and master's
bedroom with a fish pond therein

Famous Works
He has worked on the Tahanang Pilipino at the CCP Complex, the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace at the
corner of EDSA and Ortigas Avenue, the Mary Immaculate Parish Church in Las Piñas City, the
restoration of the historic Las Piñas Church, the stations of the Metrorail Transit System or Light Rail
Transit in Manila, the development of the Quezon Memorial Circle inQuezon City; and the development,
restoration, and landscaping of Corregidor Island. He was a 2004 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining awardee.

Bobby was cited by Asia Week Magazine as one of the seven visionary architects in Asia, an important
testament to his growing international reputation as manifested by projects in Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Australia, and the U.S.A.

Aside from managing his firm, he is also active in the lecture circuit. He has delivered numerous lectures
and papers in the top universities in the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia.