ART APPRECIATION

ARCHITECTURE
 ARCHITECTURE
• is the art of building. It satisfies a basic, universal
human need for shelter.
• the art and science of designing buildings, and other
structures to meet our personal and communal
needs.
• An architect is an artist who designs structures to
enclose residential, commercial, or public space.
Architects work with construction technologies,
building materials, topography, contractors, and
government regulations within a project budget to
satisfy their clients’ wants and needs.
• Architectural Materials
– Stone, Wood, Concrete, Iron, Steel
KINDS OF ARCHITECTURAL
CONSTRUCTION
 Kinds of Architectural
Construction

• Post and Lintel

consists of a
horizontal beam called
lintel and two vertical
posts to support it. It
is usually found in
doors and entrances.
 Kinds of Architectural
Construction

• Arch consists of several

wedge-shaped blocks of
stone called voussoirs
held together by a key
stone. It serves to
support other structures
such as roofs and to be a
symbolic gateway.
 Kinds of Architectural
Construction

• Dome is a large
hemispherical roof or
ceiling that looks like
an inverted cup. It is
an extension of the
principle of the arch
capable of enclosing a
wide area.
 Kinds of Architectural
Construction

• Vault is an arched
structure of masonry
usually forming a roof or
ceiling. Similar to dome,
it is an extension of the
principle of the arch
capable of enclosing a
vast expanse of space.
 Kinds of Architectural
Construction

• Truss consists of a
braced framework of
beams or bars forming
one or more triangles.
An assemblage of beams
forming a rigid
framework, it is usually
used to support the roof.
 MEDIUMS OF
ARCHITECTURE
 MEDIUMS OF ARCHITECTURE

The mediums used in architecture are classified into

light and heavy materials.
• Light materials
– paper, nipa, bamboo, and other light wood.
 Advantage. Good Ventilation
 Disadvantage. Not resistance to fire, etc.
 MEDIUMS OF ARCHITECTURE

The mediums used in architecture are classified into

light and heavy materials.
• Heavy materials
– hardwood, stone, concrete (combination of cement,
gravel, and sand), brick, steel, and cast iron.
 Advantage. Durable and able to withstand natural
forces.
NOTABLE ARTIST
LOCAL ARCHITECTS
 LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Arguelles, Carlos D.
• he designed the
Philamlife Building on
United Nations Avenue,
Development Bank of
the Philippines and
Philippine National Bank
on Escolta.
Philamlife Building
 LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Antonio, Pablo S.
• National Artist of the Philippines
for Architecture in 1976
• he is a prioneer of modern
Philippine architecture
• he designed the Ideal Theater,
Life Theater, Manila Pablo Club,
and Far Eastern University
Campus.

Far Eastern University Campus

 LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Concio, Cesar H.
• he designed the
Redemptorist Church in
Baclaran and UP
Protestant Chapel.

UP Protestant Chapel
 LOCAL ARCHITECTS
De Guzman Arellano, Juan M.
• he designed the Manila’s
Metropolitan Theater,
Manila Post Office Building,
the Jones Bridge and the
Executive House which now
the National Museum of the
Philippines.

Jones Bridge
 LOCAL ARCHITECTS
Locsin, Leandro
• National artist of the Philippines
for Architecture in 1990
• his other works are the Church
of the Holy Sacrifice in the
University of the Philippines in
Diliman, Quezon City, St.
Andrew’s Church, Antipolo
Church, and Philippine
International Convention Center.
Church of the Holy Sacrifice
 FOREIGN
ARCHITECTS
 FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Stephen Sauvestre
• was a French architect. He
is notable for being one of
the architects contributing
to the design of the world-
famous Eiffel Tower, built
for the 1889 Universal
Exposition in Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower
 FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Daniel Burnham
• was a Gilded Age architect,
who, along with partner John
Wellborn Root, built what was
called the first skyscraper in
1886: The 130-foot-high
Montauk Building in Chicago.
Burnham is best known for a
much taller Flatiron Building in
NYC. 
Flatiron Building in NYC.
 FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Boehm, Gottfried
• a German architect
• his works are Zublin Office
Building (1985) in Stuttgart,
Town Hall in Bernsberg,
Municipal Building in
Rheinberg, Restaurant in Bad
Kreuznach, Deutsche Bank in
Luxembourg, and Public Library
(2004) in Ulm, all in Germany.
Zublin Office Building
 FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Gropius, Walter
• a German architect
• he designed the Bauhaus
in Dessau, Germany and
Harvard Graduate Center
in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Harvard Graduate Center in
Cambridge
 FOREIGN ARCHITECTS
Maki, Fumihiko
• a Japanese architect
• his major works are Hillside
Terrace Apartment Complex
in Fujisawa, National
Museum of Modern Art in
Kyoto, and Tokyo Church of
Christ, all in Japan.
National Museum of Modern Art
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