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