Begs ) F ‘THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE SECOND eS ‘WORLD WAR ALLOWED THE SLOWLY EVOLVING RI THE FI ir PINO: ARCHITECTS sere sms o TRADITIONAL FORMS. POST WAR PERIOD 1946 tne independent: Philippines 3d its fiplementing Modermistatisoudh the Wel identity zation of reed concrete, steel and glass, the pre- dominanes of cubic forms, geo! jes and Carte: sian grids, and the absense of applied decoration, 1950's 81960’ ‘ne staple architectural ele- ments were the brise-soleil, glass wall, pierced screens, movable louvres ahd pre-fabricated concrete moldings. FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION CESAR CONCIO SR. 1907 - 2003, ‘MELCHOR HALL ANGEL NAKPIL 1914 - 1980 PICACHE BUILD] ) ‘The building is heavily infilenoed b In the 1950's) nila are Bauhaus sohool of design andighe ohal- Just permitted) as 30 lenge of building design without frills, meters or 10 stores Yo the fact is a long horizontal, five-story rein forced conorete: bulldirif= designed in planar forms tempérse with Pilipino ‘eeign expression. Interna! spaces flow rather than being Healy bo: INSULAR LIFEBOILDING Conoio's design yok advantae of the building’ looatjon togresto a eurved ea ‘flee of conorete, dass, and aluminum ‘that Manila dsivery prone to liquefae- tion during earthquakes But by the z next decade this FBepiction was lifted, and one ofthe very first Boildings to ¢o Dayond SO meters ig this building ‘NATIONAL BREEGLUB (1985) ‘The bull ‘houses the head: quarters, offend facilities, consists of four-storey main building, afour-sto ‘that would be a landimarcin taelf. In ad- dition to the structure, the M4-storey ‘building also featured a bas-relief art ‘work depicting Philippine history, in dustry and culture on its facade. rey medical and dental olinio and ene-foor annex building, Ite main build ing is a treasure since it’s one of the modern and first earthquake-proot ‘buildings in the Philippines. ALFREDO LUZ 1922 - 1989 RAMON MAGSAYSAY CENTER ‘The RM Genter is one of tne first build OTILIO ARELLANO 1916 - NATIONAL BU INVESTIGATI ‘ngs in the country to introduce the ool Proooding Agaligy Bureau of Investiga- umn-tree structural concept andmov- tion Jurisaie the able partitions in its Interiors which Philippin ‘TarlAvenue, allows maximum space utilization and Ermita, Ms Nob adaptability ity, Brave tegrityzeMicent law Tt was algo one ot the frst buildings to enforceme ‘pursuit of truth and ‘use gypgum boats and metal runners for its interior dividing walle. The bua ‘nga secondary pillars wore elegantly cladded in traverting INTERNATIONAL RICK RESEARCH IN- STITUTE RAD Designed by Arotitests Alfredo J. Luz & Osrlos D. Anguciles. The Internationa ‘iced Researsb Institute IRRD is anon profit independent research and train {ng organization that develope new rice varieties and rico crop management techniques that help rice farmers im: prove the yield afd quality of their rice {in an egvironmentally gustainable way. Justice FELIPE MENDOZA 1917 - 2000, 3 Motto Nobility, ‘ery and Integrity, lave en- foreement in the pursuit of ruth ‘and justioe,| PHAM ‘the mau cB wa) a rotangs: fartyplanned struoture wt « conta {ged ore tha aligned. fomo 20,000, suate miters of SMppahe co be nats. rally dayigntot=vmghgh the ise. of rape no ado nn and en Bvcr Sines ond Sapo concrete “ormod entrance genopies ons root Or tha omg artim, uLOS ARGUELLES 1917 - 2008 te ioe + pe fovated, with a some of the hotels walls was painted new colors. pee