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Filipino Architects and Their Works

Leandro V. Locsin was a Filipino architect known for his use of concrete, floating volumes, and simplistic designs. Some of his notable works include the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Folk Arts Theater, and Rizal Centenary Carillon. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990.

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Filipino Architects and Their Works

Leandro V. Locsin was a Filipino architect known for his use of concrete, floating volumes, and simplistic designs. Some of his notable works include the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Folk Arts Theater, and Rizal Centenary Carillon. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990.

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LEANDRO V.

LOCSIN
Filipino architect, artist, and interior
designer known for his use
of concrete, floating volume and
simplistic design in his various
projects. He was proclaimed
a National Artist of the Philippines for
Architecture in 1990 by the
late President Corazon C. Aquino.

PARISH OF THE HOLY SACRIFICE


First round chapel in the Philippines to have an altar in the middle,
and the first to have a thin shell concrete dome.
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
The marble façade of the building is cantilevered 12 meters from the
terrace by huge arching columns at the sides of the building, giving
it the impression of being afloat.

FOLK ARTS THEATER


One of the largest single-span buildings in the Philippines with a span
of 60 meters. It was completed in only seventy-seven days, in time
for the Miss Universe Pageant.
PHILCITE BUILDING
was pulled down in the late 1990s to make way for the star city
park's indoor rides.

PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION CENTER
The country's premiere international conference building and now
the seat of the Vice Presidency.
SOFITEL (PHIL PLAZA HOTEL)
One of several hotels rushed into construction at the behest
of Imelda Marcos for the 1976 Annual Meetings of the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Manila.

HYATT REGENCY HOTEL


MAKATI STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING

AYALA MUSEUM
It was known for the juxtaposition of huge blocks to facilitate the
interior of the exhibition.
MANDARIN ORIENTAL
. It had the first in-house movie system in the Philippines

NAIA TERMINAL 1
DIOSCORO L. UMALI HALL
Located at the UP Los Baños campus. The main auditorium’s large
canopy resembles the main theatre of the Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP).

SEARCA RESIDENCES HOTEL


Located at the UP Los Baños campus
RIZAL CENTENARY CARILLON
One of only two Carillons in the Philippines and the only non-
traditional Carillon in Asia

ISTARA NURUL IMAN


Official residence of the Sultan of Brunei.
Locsin’s Single Largest Work
ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE PARISH
Roman Catholic Church in Bel-Air Village, Makati, Philippines

HOLY CROSS MEMORIAL CHAPEL


TANGHALANG MARIA MAKILING
Open-air theater at National Arts Center in Los Banos, Laguna

MONASTERY OF THE
TRANSFIGURATION
Located at Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Locsin last work.
JUAN FELIPE
NAKPIL
Filipino architect, teacher and a
community leader. In 1973, he was
named one of the National
Artists for architecture. He was
regarded as the Dean of Filipino
Architects. He was one of eight
children of the Julio
Nakpil and Gregoria de Jesús

SAN CARLOS SEMINARY


Built in 1951-1952 located in Guadalupe, Viejo,Makati City
IGLESIA NI CRISTO RIVERSIDE LOCALE
(F. MANALO, SAN JUAN)

RAMON MAGSAYSAY BUILDING


18 Storey brutalist edifice is located at Roxas Boulevard.
RIZAL THEATER
Most elegant stand-alone cinema.

CAPITOL THEATER
This famous theater in downtown Escolta is another of Nakpil’s Art
Deco gems done in an exaggerated, geometric style. Built in 1935.
CAPTAIN PEPE BUILDING
Recto Sta Cruz Manila corner Avenida Rizal Ave

MANILA JOCKEY CLUB


V.A. RUFINO BUILDING
Built in the 60’s-70’s

PHILIPPINE VILLAGE HOTEL


UP ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
(GONZALES HALL)
RIZAL SHRINE

QUIAPO CHURCH
improved the Quiapo Church in 1930 by erecting a dome and a
second belfry.
INTERNATIONAL EUCHARIST
CONGRESS ALTAR

GALA RODRIGUEZ MANSION


PHILIPPINE TRUST CO. BUILDING

UP CARILLON
PABLO S.
ANTONIO SR.
A pioneer of modern Philippine
architecture,[2] he was recognized in
some quarters as the foremost
Filipino modernist architect of his
time.[3] He was conferred the rank
and title of National Artist of the
Philippines by President Ferdinand
Marcos in 1976.

IDEAL THEATER
An art-deco masterpiece designed by the National Artist for
Architecture Pablo Antonio in 1933.
FEU CAMPUS BUILDING
Largest ensemble of surviving Art Deco architecture in Manila,[5] and
in 2005, it received an Honorable Mention citation from
the UNESCO for the body's 2005 Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for
Culture Heritage Conservation.

WHITE CROSS ORPHANAGE


The building was an Art Deco design with its façade shaped like a
large white cross. The bas-relief of children at play that was designed
by Italian sculptor Francesco Monti softened the linear and sharp
structure of the façade.
MANILA POLO CLUB
ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE EQUESTRIAN CLUBS IN
THE WORLD. WELL DESIGNED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS &
THE EXTENSIVE USE OF WOOD AND ADOBE.

RAMON ROCES PUBLICATION BLDG.


Guzman College of Science & Technology
CAPITAN LUIS GONZAGA BLDG.
Built in 1953 at the corner of Carriedo Street and Rizal
Avenue in Manila, Philippines, transfigured the modernist box into a
building that was suited to the tropics by utilizing double sunshades.

BOULEVARD-ALHAMBRA ANTONIO
Now called Bel-Air n Roxas Boulevard designed and built in 1937
LIFE THEATER
The white facade of the theater contains both elements of Art
Deco and neoclassical architecture due to the building's streamlining
and scaled round columns, each adorned with a conical finial,
aluminum buffles. It is found along Quezon Boulevard in Quiapo. It
has since been converted to a shopping center.

LYRIC THEATER
GALAXY THEATER

DE LA SALLE CHAPEL
LUIS MARIA
ZARAGOSA
ARANETA
Arch. Araneta belonged to a design era
when simplicity of form combined with the
convenience of function was the benchmark
of modernity.

TIMES THEATER
MANILA DOCTOR’S HOSPITAL

MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER


SANTA CATALINA COLLEGE

BOTICA BOIE
OTILLO A.
ARELLANO
Arellano's designs were modernist in
nature and he was one of the first
post-war architects in his home
country to be inspired by Filipino
symbols. He gained fame because
his work was shown several times in
international exhibitions.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION, TAFT AVE.
Formed November 13, 1936 Preceding Agency Bureau of
Investigation Jurisdiction Government of the Philippines
Headquarters.

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