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NOTABLE ARCHITECTS FROM THE AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD
JUAN M. ARELLANO
April 25, 1888 – December 5, 1960 Known for designing the Manila’s Metropolitan Theater with Tomas
Mapua Sent to the United States to study Architecture as one of the
pensionados Studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Transferred to the
Drexel institute and trained at the Beaux Arts. Acted as a consultant for the Bureau of Public Works, that overlooked
Manila’s first Zoning plan.
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORKS Manila Metropolitan Theater
Philippine Art Deco Building
Legislative Building Also known as the Old Congress Building
TOMÁS MAPÚA
December 21, 1888 - December 22, 1965 Studied at Ateneo in his high school years and sent to America to finish
his studies.Also, he is one of the first pensionado sent to America
Studied at Cornell University and obtained his Architecture degree. He first became a draftsman at the Bureau of Public works and later
promoted as the Supervising Architect. Joined a competition for the design of the new school building initiated
by the La Sallian brothers, He won for his design of the St La Salle Hall.
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORKS
St La Salle HallHis winning Design for the Competition
Philippine General Hospital
Manila Post Office Building
School for the Deaf and Blind
ANGEL S. NAKPIL
February 20, 1914-November 2, 1980 A Harvard-trained architect. He served as the City Planning Commissioner of Manila during the
post-war reconstruction years, from 1947 - 1949. He was a charter member of the United Architects of the Philippines,
which was founded in 1975. Nephew of the National Artist Juan Nakpil Graduated from the UST in 1931
FERNANDO H. OCAMPO
August 7, 1897 – 1984 A filipino Architect and Civil Engineer Educated at UST Civil Engineering 1919 and University of
Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Architecture 1921 Became an assistant architect in the Bureau of Public Works Known for designing the Manila Cathedral
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK
Manila Cathedral
UST Central Seminary
ANTONIO M. TOLEDO
One of the first Pensionados He graduated with the Degree of Architecture at Ohio State in 1911 Being educated in the US East Coast, he was influenced in the
Neoclassical and Beaux Arts styles He started working for the Bureau of Public Works to work as a
draftsman for William Parsons in 1911 He was promoted to supervising Architect in 1915 and became the
Consulting Architect in 1938 until his retirement in 1954
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK
Manila City Hall
Department of Tourism Building
ANDRES LUNA DE SAN PEDRO
One of the foremost Filipino architects in pre-war Manila and one of the first practitioners of the modernist and revivalist styles in the Philippines.
Borned and Trained in Paris, France Known for Designing the Crystal Arcade
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK
The Crystal Arcade
Regina Building, Manila
JUAN FELIPE DE JESUS NAKPIL
May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986 National Artist for Architecture and named as the Dean of filipino
Architects He was one of eight children of the Philippine Revolution veterans Julio
Nakpil and Gregoria de Jesús (who married the former after the death of her first husband Andrés Bonifacio)
He took up Engineering at the University of the Philippines and later, at the University of Kansas—where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. He then studied Architecture at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK
Manila Jockey Club
Quezon Institute
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
Minor Basilica of the BlackNazarene
PABLO S. ANTONIO
Born at the turn of the century, National Artist in Architecture Pablo S. Antonio pioneered modern Philippine architecture.
He studied architecture in Mapua Institute of Technology and later transfer to University of London after securing scholarship from Ramon Arevalo, the engineer in charge in Legislative Building
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK
Far Eastern University, Manila
Life Theater