PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: EARLY PHILIPPINE SHELTERS

1. EARLIEST DWELLERS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO HAD COME BAREFOOT IN A “TULAY NA LUPA” ARE
CALLED?

A. NEGRITO GROUPS

B. PLEISTOCENE PEOPLE

C. TABON MAN

D. AUSTRONESIANS

2. A CAVE DUBBED AS THE “PHILIPPINES CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION” WHICH ALSO NAMED AFTER A
TABON SCRUBFOWL BIRD

A. TABON CAVE

B. CALLAO CAVE

C. TAU-BATU CAVE

D. MANUNGGUL CAVE

3. THE SEVEN-CHAMBER SHOW CAVE LOCATED IN MUNICIPALITY OF PEÑABLANCA WHICH NAMED ALSO
AS PEÑABLANCA OUT OF 300 CAVES (A SPANISH WORD FOR WHITE ROCKS)

A. TABON CAVE

B. CALLAO CAVE

C. TAU-BATU CAVE

D. MANUNGGUL CAVE

4. A CAVE THAT SHELTERS MORE THAN ONE FAMILY

A. TABON CAVE

B. CALLAO CAVE

C. TAU-BATU CAVE

D. MANUNGGUL CAVE

5. A FUNDAMENTAL ACT OF BUILDING PRACTICED BY NOMADS IN THE FORM OF WINDBREAK

A. CAVE

B. ARBOREAL SHELTER

C. BAHAY KUBO

D. LEAN-TO-SHELTER
6. EARLY SHELTER OR DWELLINGS OF AETA

A. CAVE

B. ARBOREAL SHELTER

C. BAHAY KUBO

D. LEAN-TO-SHELTER

7. TYPE OF AN EARLY SHELTER THAT ARE USUALLY FOUND IN AREAS WHERE VIOLENT INTERTRIBAL
CONFLICTS AND NOCTURNAL RAIDS ARE FREQUENT.

A. CAVE

B. ARBOREAL SHELTER

C. BAHAY KUBO

D. LEAN-TO-SHELTER

8. THE MAMANUA AETA OF NORTHERNEASTERN MINDANAO CALLED THEIR LEAN-TO-SHELTER

A. PINANAHANG

B. DAIT-DAIT

C. HAWONG

D. BOKA-BOKA

9. THE PINATUBO-AETA CALLED THEIR LEAN-TO-SHELTER

A. PINANAHANG

B. DAIT-DAIT

C. HAWONG

D. BOKA-BOKA

10. THE LEAN-TO-SHELTER OF AGTA PEOPLE FROM PAMPANGGA AND ZAMBALES

A. PINANAHANG

B. DAIT-DAIT

C. HAWONG

D. BOKA-BOKA
11. A TYPE OF ARBOREAL SHELTER WHICH KNOWNS AS NIGHT ABODE

ALLIGANG

12. WHAT THE OLDEST HUMAN ABODE OF THE PREHISTORIC PEOPLE AS PROTECTION FROM THE HARSH
SUN, WIND, AND RAIN CALLED?

CAVE

13. A WORK OF ART KNOWN AS THE OLDEST WHICH LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL

ANGONO PETROGLYPHS

14. ARBOREAL SHELTER TYPICAL HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND FOR PROTECTION AGAINST ANIMAL AND
HUMAN ENEMIES

20, 30, OR 60 FT

15. A SECONDARY BURIAL JAR EXCAVATED FROM NEOLITHIC BURIAL SITE IN TABON CAVES OF
PALAWAN WHEREIN TWO PROMINENT FIGURES AT THE TOP HANDLE OF ITS COVER REPRESENT THE
JOURNEY OF THE SOUL TO THE AFTER LIFE

THE MANUNGGUL JAR

16-18. ENUMERATE THE THREE (3) TYPES OF EARLY SHELTERS

1. CAVES

2. LEAN-TO-SHELTERS

3. ARBOREAL SHELTERS

19-20. GIVE THE TWO (2) THEORIES OF AUSTRONESIAN EXPANSION

1. SOLHEIM’S THEORY

2. BELLWOOD THEORY
PRE-COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE –AUSTRONESIAN ANCESTRY

1. WHAT IS THE LATIN WORD FOR DOMESTIC, NATIVE, INDIGENOUS?

A. DISCENDO DSICIMUS
B. VERNACULUS
C. AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
D. BARBA TENUS SAPIENTES

2. WHICH ONE IS NOT TRUE ABOUT ARHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE TROPICAL SETTINGS?

A. RAISED PILE FOUNDATION

B. ELEVATED LIVING FLOOR
C. SQUARE VOLUME
D. VOLUMINOUS THATCHED ROOF

3. USED AS A STORAGE AREA, ENCLOSURE FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS OR WORKING SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES
LIKE WOODWORKING.

A. SALA
B. BUBUNGAN
C. BAHAY KUBO
D. SILONG

4-5. LIST DOWN TWO MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING BAHAY KUBO.

• NIPA
• ANAHAW
• SAWALI
• BAMBOO
• WOOD

6. ________ IS THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE SPECIFIC TO THE PHILIPPINES AND FILIPINOS.

A. SPANISH ARCHITECTURE
B. CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
C. FILIPINO ARCHITECTURE
D. PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE

7. THE BOAT-SHAPED BURIAL MOUND OF THE EARLY IHABITANTS OF _______ IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE
VKINGS OF SCANDINAVIA.

A. BATANES
B. CORDILLERA
C. BICOL
D. CEBU

8-9. THIS ARE THE TWO STRAINS OF CORDILLERA ETHNIC HOUSES.

• NORTHERN STRAIN
• SOUTHERN STRAIN
10. AN ELEVATED RECTANGULAR ONE-ROOM STRUCTURE AND PROTECTED BY A HIGH-PITCH THATCH
ROOF THAT RESEMBLES A POINTED BARREL VAULT.

A. BAHAY-KUBO
B. BALAI
C. SINADUMPARAN
D. MAYTUAB

11. A FORTIFICATION BUILT BY IVATANS AND IT IS ONLY BE FOUND ON SOME HILLTOPS OF BATANES.

A. MAYTUAB
B. SINADUMPARAN
C. IDJANG
D. BALAI

12. WHICH ONE DOES NOT BELONG TO THE GROUP?

A. AFUNG
B. BABAYAN
C. TINOKBOB
D. FORUY

13. ONE OF TH EARLIST HOUSE IN SAGADA, DIRECTLY BUILT ON GROUND THAT IS SIMILAR TO BONTOC
HOUSE.

A. BALE
B. BABLE
C. TINOKBOB
D. FORUY

14. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS CUALA, SAUNG OR DANGPA.

A. BAHAY KUBO
B. BABLE
C. MAYTUAB
D. IDJANG

15. IT IS A VERTICALL SET UP TO SUPPORT THE FLOOR AND ROOF MEMBERS OF A HOUSE THAT IS BURIED
ON THE GROUND.

A. DINGDING
B. YAWI
C. HALIGI
D. PATUKURAN

16. IT IS USED AS AN ENLOSED AND PROTECTED PORCH AREA.

A. BATALAN
B. DINGDING
C. HALIGI
D. SAGANG
17. INLAND COMMUNITIES, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITIES, AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES IS CONSIDERED AS
_________.

A. LOWLAND COMMUNITIES
B. HIGHLAND COMMUNITIES
C. LAND COMMUNITIES
D. WATERLAND COMMUNITIES

18. WHICH ONE IS TRUE ABOUT MANGYAN HOUSE?

A. ELEVATED AT 1.50M
B. WITH WINDOWS AND OPENINGS BELOW THE WALL
C. WITHOUT EAVES
D. LOCATED IN HIGHLAND COMMUNITIES

19. WHICH ONE IS TRUE ABOUT TAGBANUA HOUSE?

A. ELEVATED AT 5 FEET HIGH

B. WITH PARTITIONS AND WINDOWS
C. LOCATED IN LOWLAND COMMUNITIES
D. WITH 5 LEVELS

20. THE TRADITIONAL TYPE HOUSE IN BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES.

A. AFUNG
B. IDJANG
C. BABLE
D. FORUY
PHILIPPINE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE –MUSLIM SPACE

PART 1

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE?

a. WARRIOR LIKE
b. MASCULINE
c. HAJJ
d. MISSIONARY AND MILITARISTIC
2. IT MEANS “UNITY OF ALLAH”, WHICH ARTICULATED WITH ISLAMIC COSMOLOGY.
a. TAWID
b. QIBLA
c. SHAHADA
d. ANICONISM
3. TWO ELEMENTS OF MUSLIM SPACE.
a. HAMMAN AND CARAVANSERAI
b. QUIBLA AXIS AND KAABA
c. FAWWARA AND MINARET
d. MUQARNA AND MAQSURAH
4. IT IS A MUSLIM BUILDING OR PLACE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
a. MOSQUE
b. MINARET
c. MIMBAR
d. MIHRAB
5. WHO DESIGNED THE BLUE MOSQUE IN TAGUIG CITY?
a. GABRIEL FORMOS
b. KARIM UL’ MAKHDUM
c. JUN PALAFOX
d. JORGE RAMOS
6. A “KOTA” IS BORDERED BY A SERIES OF LONG STRONG TIMBER STAKES POINTED AT THE TOP
AND SET CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THIS DEFENSE WALL IS A.
a. BASTION
b. FORT
c. FENCE
d. PALISADE
7. THE HOUSE FOR MARANAO COMMON PEOPLE?
a. LAWIG
b. TOROGAN
c. MALA A WALAI
d. FAWARA
8. WHO DESIGNED THE GOLDEN MOSQUE IN QUIAPO?
a. JORGE RAMOS
b. SULTAN HASSANAL BOLKIAH
c. GABRIEL FORMOS
d. KARIM UL MAKHDUM
9. A DECORATION OF THE BARGEBOARD-END OF A BAY SINUG AND KNOWN AS SEA SERPENT
a. SARIMANUK
b. PAKONG RABONG
c. TADJUK PASUNG
d. NAGA
10. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOTIF SYMBOLIZES STRENGTH AND UNITY?
a. OBAR OBAR
b. ONSOD
c. TIALI TIALI
d. OBAR OBAR
11. A MOSQUE WHICH REPRESENTS THE CAVE WHERE MUHAMAD MET AND SMOKE WITH ANGEL
GABRIEL.
a. FAWWARA
b. SAHN
c. MUQARNA
d. MINARET
12. THE TERM USED BY BADJAO FOR LASHED BAMBOO FLOORING OF THEIR LEPA
a. PAPAN
b. KATIG
c. PAJA
d. BATANGAN
13. A BADJAO “PALAW” WITH NO KATIG?
a. VINTA
b. DAPANG
c. LEPA
d. JENGNING
14. IT IS A MARANAO TOROGAN HOUSE IT IS A STEEP AND THICK COGON ROOF.
a. ATUP
b. KALASAGAN
c. PULAOS
d. KALASAGAN
15. WHOSE PANTAN IS ORIENTED TO THE EAST
a. YAKAN
b. SAMAL
c. BADJAO
d. TAUSUG
PART 2. 16-20 IDENTIFY THE PARTS AND FEATURES OF A MOSQUE.

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SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES

1. A PROJECTING PART OF THE FORRTIFICATION, ROUND OR POLYGONAL IN PLAN, INTENDED TO HAVE A

NUMBER OF FIRING DIRECTION FOR BOTH CANNON AND OTHER WEAPONS TO DEPEND THE ADJACENT
PERIMETER. ANSWER: A. BALUARTE

A. BALUARTE

B. EMBARCADERO

C. FOSO

D. GARITA

2. A BUILDING ATTACHED OR BESIDE A CHURCH THAT SERVES AS RESIDENCE OF A PARISH PRIEST?

ANSWER: B. CONVENTO

A. FUERZA

B. CONVENTO

C. BAPTISTERIO

D. MONASTERIO

3. IT CAN BE AN INDEPENDENT STRUCTURE OR A SPACE NEAR THE CHURCH’S ENTREANCE, OR AT THE

FIRST LEVEL OF THE BELL TOWER, WHICH IS DEDICATED FOR CHRISTENING. ANSWER: C. BAPTISTERIO

A. FUERZA

B. CONVENTO

C. BAPTISTERIO

D. MONASTERIO

4. A CHURCH BUILT TO HOUSE A MIRACULOUS IMAGE WITH PASSAGEWAY BEHIND THE ALTAR FROM THE
VENERATION OF THE IMAGE OF THE DEVOTEES. ANSWER: D. PILGRIM CHURCH

A. MONASTIC CHURCH

B. CATHEDRAL

C. PARISH CHURCH

D. PILGRIM CHURCH
5. A CHURCH STRATEGICALLY BUILT AT THE HEARRT OF THE TOWN AND PLAZA. IT IS INTENDED FOR
PARTICULAR ECCLESIASTICAL UNIT, SUCH AS CITY OR TOWN, AND UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE RESIDENT
PRIEST ASSIGNED BY BISHOP. ANSWER: C. PARISH CHURCH

A. MONASTIC CHURCH

B. CATHEDRAL

C. PARISH CHURCH

D. PILGRIM CHURCH

6. A PRINCIPAL CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS ORDER BUILT BESIDE THEIR MONESTERY COMPLEX. ANSWER: A.
MONASTIC CHURCH

A. MONASTIC CHURCH

B. CATHEDRAL

C. PARISH CHURCH

D. PILGRIM CHURCH

7. THE PRINCIPAL CHURCH OF DIOCESE HOUSING THE CATHEDRA OR BISHOP’S THRONE. ANSWER: B.
CATHEDRAL

A. MONASTIC CHURCH

B. CATHEDRAL

C. PARISH CHURCH

D. PILGRIM CHURCH

8. A SPANISH TERM FOR FLOOR? ANSWER: D. ZUELO

A. SOLERAS

B. COSTILLAJE

C. LANGUETTE

D. ZUELO

9. A LOW BARRIER ENCLOSING A STAIR COMPOSED OF A RAIL FOR GRASPING WITH HAND AND
DECORATIVE WOOD PANELS OR UPRIGHT POSTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS. ANSWER: C. BANDARILLA

A. TRAMO DE ESCALERA

B. MESETA

C. BARANDILLA

D. MADRENG HAGDAN
10. A PRINCIPAL CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS ORDER BUILT BESIDE THEIR MONESTERY COMPLEX. ANSWER: B.
MESETA

A. TRAMO DE ESCALERA

B. MESETA

C. BARANDILLA

D. MADRENG HAGDAN

II. IDENTIFICATION

11. ORNAMENTAL GRILLEWORK WITH CLOSELY SPACED MEMBERS IN SCROLL

PATTERN COMPARABLE TO A BULGING SHAPE. ANSWER: C. REHAS NA BUNTIS,
BARRIGONESS, BULGING IRON GRILLES

A. SOLERAS, FLOOR JOIST

B. SOKALO, ZOCALO, FOOTING BLOCK

C. REHAS NA BUNTIS, BARRIGONESS, BULGING IRON GRILLES

D. PADER, CALICANTO, LIME AND MASONRY WALL

12. HEAVY SQUARE TIIMBER COLUMNS OR LOGS BURIED DIRECTLY IN THE

GROUND ABOVE STONE BOULDERS TO SUPPORT FLOOR AND ROOF BEAMS.
ANSWER: B HALIGI, HARIGUE, POST

A. PUNDASYON, FOOTING

B. HALIGI, HARIGUE, POST

C. TABLA, TABLASUELO, FLOORBOARD

D. GILILAN, SOLEPLATE

13. ONE OF THE UPRIGHT ORNAMENTAL WOOD PANELS, WITH

DECORATIVE PATTERNS, FORMED BY PERFORATIONS ABOVE WINDOW
HEADERS OR DOOR JAMBS AS WALL DECORATIONS TO ALLOW ADDED
AND CROSS VENTILATIONS. ANSWER: A. KALADO, CALADO, FRETWORK

A. KALADO, CALADO, FRETWORK

B. KISAME, QUISAME, CEILING

C. KOSTILYAHE, COSTILLAJE, CEILING JOIST

D. ARTESONADO, ARTESONADO
14. THE LOWER END OF THE ROOF PROJECTING BEYOND THE WALL BOARD
OFTEN WITH A DECORATIVE PIECED WORK OF WOOD BOARD OR METAL SHEET.
ANSWER: D ALERO, EAVES

A. BINTANILYA, VENTANILLA

B. ALULOD, CANALON, GUTTER

C. KOLONET, COLONNETE

D. ALERO, EAVES

15. THE SMALL WINDOW BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND WINDOWSILL USED TO
ALLOW NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION TO THE INTERIOR. ANSWER: A.
BINTANILYA, VENTANILLA

A. BINTANILYA, VENTANILLA

B. ALULOD, CANALON, GUTTER

C. KOLONET, COLONNETE

D. ALERO, EAVES

NAME THIS CHURCH

16. ANSWER: B. CAPUL CHURCH

A. STA. MARIA CHURCH

B. CAPUL CHURCH

C. PAOAY CHURCH

D. MIAG – AO CHURCH

17. ANSWER: A. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH

A. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH

B. PAOAY CHURCH

C. LA LOMA FUNERAL CHAPEL

D. MANILA CATHEDRAL
18. ANSWER: A. STA MARIA CHURCH

A. STA. MARIA CHURCH

B. CAPUL CHURCH

C. PAOAY CHURCH

D. MIAG – AO CHURCH

19. ANSWER: B. PAOAY CHURCH

A. SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH

B. PAOAY CHURCH

C. LA LOMA FUNERAL CHAPEL

D. MANILA CATHEDRAL

20. ANSWER: D. MIAG – AO CHURCH

A. STA. MARIA CHURCH

B. CAPUL CHURCH

C. PAOAY CHURCH

D. MIAG – AO CHURCH
US-AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. After defeating the Filipino Guerrillas, the American occupation began the massive
rebuilding of the Philippines along the American model that focuses on the following,except
a. Public Health
b. Commerce
c. Infrastructure to facilitate in Military Control
d. Industrial

2. An architecture movement which is characterized by the used of low-pitched gable tiled

roof, stucco finish exterior walls, wide eaves with closely spaced exposed raftersand
imposing square towers with pyramidal roof.
a. Mission revival
b. American Neoclassicism
c. Italianate
d. Victorian

3. It is a one-level prototype educational institution schoolhouse which was patterned to

Filipino house with spacious and lofty rooms with extensive use of sustainable elements
including wide eaves and awnings, louvers, floor to ceiling operable window and such.
a. Public School Building
b. Gobaldon Schoolhouse
c. Marcos Prefabricated School Building
d. Gabaldon Schoolhouse

4. The American architect who originally designed the Legislative Building intended tobe the
National Library of the Philippines
a. Edgar Bourne.
b. William Parsons
c. Ralph Doane
d. Juan Arellano

5. 1st earthquake resistant building in Asia.

a. University of Sto. Tomas Main Building
b. Mapua University
c. Philippine Normal University
d. Siliman Institute

6. The first department store in the Philippines which was designed by Tomas
Fernandez Arguelles.
a. Heacock Building
b. Perez Samanillo Building
c. Arguelles Building
d. Regina Building
7. The Architect of the Manila City Hall. According to urban legends, it was made tolook
like a coffin to honor the brave who died during the Battle of Manila.
a. Pablo Antonio
b. Juan Arellano
c. Juan Nakpil
d. Antonio Toledo

8. The first airconditioned mall in the Philippines was designed in what ArchitecturalStyle?
a. Mission Revival
b. Art Deco
c. Classical Revival
d. Italianate

9. The following are notable features of Art Deco Style, except

a. Sculptured panels
b. Curved corners and edges
c. Stepped gables
d. None of the above

10. The former Army Navy Club designed by William Parson is currently the
a. Manila Hotel
b. Luneta Park Hotel
c. Rizal Park Hotel
d. Hotel Escolta

11. Which one of the following is/are notable features of Italianate architectural style?
a. Wide overhanging eaves and square cupolas or towers
b. Stepped gables and curved edges
c. grandeur of scale and pronounced cornices and entablatures
d. imposing square towers with pyramidal roof and frontispiece with exposed gablewall

12. The following are characteristic of the Tsalet, except

a. Diamond shape concrete roof shingles, reinforced in bamboo strips woven in
Sawali
b. Elevation floor line 1-2 meter above the ground
c. Combination of Concrete and Wood
d. Combined Toilet and Bath with pipe for sanitation
13. Hip type tiled roof with pitched or inclination, eaves with supporting decorative brackets
and employment of details such as columns, pilasters, pediments, quoins andarches are
notable characteristics of what architectural style?
a. Neo- Renaissance
b. Neoclassical
c. Mission Revival
d. Art Deco

14. An American architect who introduced the building technology called ‘Kahn’ whichis a
system of concrete reinforcements and hollow blocks.
a. Daniel Burnham
b. William Parsons
c. George Fanhagen
d. Ralph Doane

15. A low wall, extending from the junction of the external wall and roof, with multi-curved
shape design on its upper end.
a. Italianate parapet
b. Victorian parapet
c. Mission Parapet
d. Neoclassical pediment

16. The following are the first imperial developments during the American colonization,except
a. Construction of forts and camps
b. Urban Facilities such as Botanical Garden
c. Establishment of Architecture School Building
d. Concrete streets

17. What is the Architectural style of Bureau of

Science Building, 1901 designed by Edgar
Bourne?
a. Mission revival
b. Neo- Renaissance
c. Italianate
d. Victorian

18. Formerly known as Puente de España which is originally designed by Filipino architect Juan
M. Arellano using Neoclassical architecture, the first incarnation of thebridge features three
arches resting on two heavy piers, adorned by faux-stone and concrete ornaments, as well
as four sculptures on concrete plinths allegorically representing motherhood and
nationhood.
a. Jones Bridge
b. San Juan River Bridge
c. MacArthur bridge
d. Marcos Bridge
19. Who designed the Rizal Memorial Stadium which is the first stadium in Asia?
a. Andres Luna de San Pedro
b. Tomas Mapua
c. Andres Luna de San Pedro
d. Juan Arellano

20. The First United Building with an Art Deco element and serves as an entry to theEscolta from Plaza
Goiti in Sta. Cruz is formerly called?
a. Calvo Building Regina Building
b. El Hogar Filipino Building
c. Calvo Building
d. Perez- Samanillo Building
POST-COLONIAL MODERNISM
1. The architect of renovation for the St. John the Baptist Church, Quiapo or also known as Quaipo Church. He
added the church’s dome and second belfry to balance out the façade.
a. Angel Nakpil
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Federico Illustre
d. Gabriel Formoso

2. The post-war doctrine was professed by the third generation of architects; Cesar Concio, Angel Nakpil,
Alfredo Luz, Otillo Arellano, Felipe Mendoza, Gabriel Formoso, and Carlos Arguelles.
a. Function follows Form
b. Form follows Function
c. Organic Form
d. Modern Form follows Function

3. A 65-meter-high Art Deco centerpiece located in Quezon City dedicated to former President Manuel Quezon.
It is composed of three pylons topped by winged figures representing the three island groups.
a. Angel Nakpil
b. Quezon Monolith
c. Quezon Memorial Monument
d. Quezon Elliptical Circle

4. He was a consulting architect of the remarkable post-war structures in the Philippines who also worked on
the Art Deco Monument and elliptical road in Quezon City.
a. Angel Nakpil
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Gabriel Formoso
d. Federico Illustre

5. What is the Philippines architectural identity/style used in post-colonial era?

a. Baroque
b. Romanesque
c. Modernism
d. Italian

6. He is known for being the Architect of the residences of the exclusive Makati Villages, and he was honored
with multiple awards such as the PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year (1979), Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan (1977), Republic Cultural Heritage Awards (1973), and United Architects of the Philippines Likha
Award (1990). The architect of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
a. Angel Nakpil
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Federico Illustre
d. Gabriel Formoso
7. He was a Harvard trained architect who became the City Planning Commissioner of Manila during the post-
war reconstruction years from 1947 to 1949. Also, he is the architect of the 12-storey Picache Building,
considered as the first skyscraper in the Philippines.
a. Angel Nakpil
b. Juan Nakpil
c. Gabriel Formoso
d. Federico Illustre

8. Post-Colonial Modernism: In 1946, the independent Philippines expressed its identity by implementing
Modernism with the utilization of , , and , the
predominance of cubic forms, geometric shapes, and cartesian grids, and the absence of applied decoration.
a. Reinforced Concrete, Stone, Steel
b. Stone, Steel, Glass
c. Thin Shells, Reinforced Concrete, Steel
d. Reinforced Concrete, Steel, and Glass

9. What are the architectural elements were used during post-colonial modernism in 1950’s and 1960’s?
a. Brise-soleil
b. Glass walls
c. Thin concrete shells
d. All of the above

10. Melchor Hall and the Church of the Risen Lord at UP Diliman were designed by him, who also serves as the
first university architect for the University of the Philippines. He was also one of the selected architects by
President Roxas in 1947 to study the styles in architecture and engineering to design a building for the city
capital and as the chief architect of the UP Diliman campus.
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Cesar Concio
c. Angel Nakpil
d. Gabriel Formoso

11. He was at the cutting edge of Philippine modernism in the late 50’s and early 60’s. He designed the World
Health Organization Headquarters in UN Avenue, Manila with an international style architecture.
a. Alfredo J. Luz
b. Otillo Arellano
c. Juan Arellano
d. Gabriel Formoso

12. He is one of the architects who represented the Philippines in many international expositions from the 1950s
to 1960s. Along with being awarded Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (1970) and a PRC Outstanding
Architect of the Year, he was also selected by Imelda Marcos to restore the Metropolitan Theater (1977).
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Otillo Arellano
c. Juan Arellano
 d. Alfredo Luz

13. Post-Colonial Modernism: Brutalism

Architecture – work of Gabriel Formoso.
Identify the building.
a. Cultural Center of the Philippines
b. Philippines Veteran Bank
c. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
d. Philippine International
Convention Center
14. The architect of several government institutions in the Philippines' post-colonial modernist period, including
the Development Academy of the Philippines, Batasang Pambansa, and the Philippines Veterans Bank.
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Otillo Arellano
c. Felipe Mendoza
d. Gabriel Formoso

15. In 1950’s, the Space age aesthetic and soft modernism

experimented with the sculptural plasticity of poured concrete
to come up with soft and sinuous forms with the use of
technology.
a. Brise-soleil
b. Glass walls
c. Steel
d. Thin shell

16. Post-Colonial Modernism: Built through Republic Act No. 3518 when a war
reparations agreement was signed between Japan and the Philippines. Identify
the building.
a. Cultural Center of the Philippines
b. Philippines Veteran Bank
c. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
d. Philippine International Convention Center

17. He studied abroad and served as a professor in UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts and held as Dean
from 1954 to 1959. He was well recognized for being a leading proponent of the International Style of
architecture in the Philippines (1960’s). Works: Philam Life Building located at UN Ave. Ermita St., Manila and
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos.
a. Juan Nakpil
b. Otillo Arellano
c. Felipe Mendoza
d. Carlos Arguelles
18. The first office building to exceed the old 30-meter
height restrictiondesigned by Cesar Concio.
a. Cultural Center of the Philippines
b. Picache Building
c. Philippine International Convention Center
d. Insular Life Building

19. A 12-storey building considered as the first skyscraper in the

Philippines designed byAngel Nakpil.
a. Cultural Center of the Philippines
b. Picache Building
c. Philippine International Convention Center
d. Insular Life Building

20. In 1950s, when Manila Ordinance No. 4131 was amended and a high-rise tower redefined
Manila's skyline,what was the legal maximum building height?
a. 20 meters
b. 25 meters
c. 30 meters
d. 35 meters