NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR ARCHITECTURE

Juan Felipe de Jesus Nakpil (May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986)

Known as Juan F. Nakpil, was a Filipino architect, teacher and a community leader. In 1973, he
was named one of the National Artistsfor architecture. He was regarded as the Dean of Filipino
Architects.

 Gaiety Theater, Manila (now inactive)

 Rizal Theater (since demolished; the site is occupied by Shangri-La Hotel Makati City)
 Capitol Theater (now inactive)
 University of the Philippines Theater and carillon tower

Other buildings

 Arellano University Building

 Magsaysay Building
 Philippine Trust Co. Building (Plaza Goiti [now Plaza Lacson])
 Geronimo Delos Reyes Building
 Capitan Pepe Building
 Manila Jockey Club
 San Carlos Seminary
 Philippine Village Hotel (closed in 2000)
 University of the PhilippinesAdministration & Library
 Rizal Shrine
 Gala-Rodriguez Ancestral House
 University of the Philippines Los Baños Old Humanities Building

Pablo Sebero Antonio, Sr. (January 25, 1901 – June 14, 1975 

was a Filipinoarchitect. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture,[2] he was recognized in

some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time.[3] He was conferred the
rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976.

Antonio’s major works include the following: Far Eastern University Administration and
Science buildings; Manila Polo Club; Ideal Theater; Lyric Theater; Galaxy
Theater; Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building; Boulevard-Alhambra(now Bel-Air)
apartments; Ramon Roces Publications Building 

Leandro Valencia Locsin (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994)

was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer known for his use of concrete, 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 the late President Corazon C. Aquino.

Church of the Holy Sacrifice, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Philippine International

Convention Center, Istana Nurul Iman, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

Ildefonso Paez Santos Jr. (September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014)

popularly known simply as "IP Santos", was a 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

 Cultural Center of the Philippines complex

 Bantayog ng mga Bayani
 Manila Hotel
 San Miguel Corporation Building
 Nayong Pilipino
 Paco Park
 Rizal Park
 Loyola Memorial Park
 Tagaytay Highlands Golf and Country Club
 The Orchard Golf and Country Club
 Magallanes Church
 Asian Institute of Management

José María V. Zaragoza (December 6, 1912-1994) was a Filipino architect.


Santo Domingo Church
 Meralco Building
 Casino Español de Manila (1951 building)

Francisco 'Bobby' Mañosa (born February 12, 1931) is a Filipino architect considered one of
the most influential Filipino architects of the 20th century,[1]for pioneering the art of Philippine
neovernacular architecture.[2] His contributions to the development of Philippine architecture led
to his recognition as as a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 2018.[3][4][5]

he is most popularly known as the architect of the Coconut Palace,[6]his other notable

works include the EDSA Shrine, the Davao Pearl Farm, and Amanpulo resorts.

Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán(April 25, 1888 – December 5, 1960), or Juan M.

Arellano, was a Filipinoarchitect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan Theater (1935),
Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of Fine Arts), the Manila Central
 Post Office Building (1926),the Central Student Church (today known as the Central United
Methodist Church, 1932), the old Jaro Municipal Hall(1934) and the old Iloilo City Hall (1935) in
Iloilo, the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol (1936), the Cebu Provincial Capitol (1937), the
Bank of the Philippine Islands Cebu Main Branch (1940), Misamis Occidental Provincial Capitol
Building (1935), Cotabato Municipal Hall (1940) and the Jones Bridge.

Tomás Bautista Mapúa (December 21, 1888 – December 22, 1965) was a Filipino architect,
educator and businessman from the Philippines. He was the founder and first president of
the Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) together with Civil Engr. Gonzalo T. Vales as co-
founder and founding dean of school and co-founder and founding president of Central Colleges
of the Philippines, after he established the school on February 25, 1925.[2] He was the first
registered architect in the Philippines and first worked at the Philippine Bureau of Public Works.
He later established his own construction company, the MYT Construction Works, Inc.

Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 – August 22, 1981) was a

Filipino cubist painter and illustrator

 Madonna of the Slums

 Jeepneys
 Kalabaw (Carabao), oil on canvas, 28.5 inches x 38 inches, 1965
 Murals "Stations of the cross " in the Church of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice
 Bangkusay Seascape. 1940. Oil on canvas. 14 x 18 inches.
 Pila Pila sa Bigas (Left and Right), 1980. Oil on canvas. 51 x 84 inches.
 Planting the First Cross
 Seal of Arellano University
 Slum Dwellers
 Bayanihan
 Balut Vendors
 Jansen Rodriguez
 Pamilya
 Reclining Mother and Child
 Dambana