DE GUZMAN, Ma. Margarita S.

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Arch. Gabriel P. Formoso was born in Makati, Manila

on April 9, 1915. His father is Gregorio Formoso and his mother Alvara
Papa Formoso. On April 20, 1938 Gabriel Formoso married Celia Araullo.
They have four children; Junior, Maria Erlinda, Roberto and Gabriel.

Attended elementary in Ilagan, Isabela and in Ateneo

de Manila where he finished high school. Architect
Formoso graduated college in 1937 in University of
Santo Tomas with the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Architecture. He became a licensed architect in 1939
with registration no. 99.

Gabriel P. Formoso
His work experience apprenticeship with the office of Architect’s Profile
Architect Andres Luna De San Pedro and the
office of Architect Pablo Antonio Sr. He had a
partnership with Architect Luis Araneta is the start of his
professional career.

Being the preferred architect by the

Luis Araneta rich and famous in the rising years of
Andres Luna Pablo Antonio Sr.
Forbes Park and Dasmarinas Village,
De San Pedro
Architect Gabriel Formoso’s designs are highly in 1973 he started to form his own

acknowledged to be among the finest architecture firm GF & Partners, a duly

created over forty years of his professionalism. Formoso’s registered architectural partnership
design trademark is focused more on volumetric composed of committed architects.
The firm combines aesthetic,
manipulations, more functional and simplistic,
technical and economic aspects of
masculine looking adobe walls, bold line fascias design with human and functional
and mostly in modernist. considerations “to design for
people is first to know them and their
way of life, then complement their
living with what is possibly workable
architecturally”.

Asian Institute of Management

He travelled Europe, USA and President Hammer
Southeast Asia from 1952-1988 Deroburt of Nauru
told his desire to Arch.
to broaden his knowledge
Gabriel Formoso that he
and skills in new trends in building wants to have the tallest
construction. Some are business building with a distinct
trip from his clients. architectural motif.

The Pacific Star Building

• Dona Narcisa Building – Paseo de Roxas, Makati

• The Central Bank of the Philippines Office Building Complex
– Manila Bay (BSP)
Dona Narcisa Building o Smites the eye and the spirit with its interplay of
institutional and individual forces
• Asian Institute of Management
• The Pacific Star Building
• Manila Peninsula
o Represent a world of ideas translated into a world of
feeling
• The Bank of America – Lepanto Office Building
• Residential designs are in fact, has the eye-catching
Philippine landscape
o Distinctive façade, rational open plan layout, large
backyard garden
Asian Institute of Management

The Bank of America Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

 Manila Peninsula

Philosophy

Formoso emphasized three points on his philosophy of design:

First, architecture is a fine art committed to creating beauty.

Second, the social nature of architecture places a unique responsibility on

the architect, that a building becomes part of the environment and
functions in a dynamic interaction with it.

Third, architecture must strive for simplicity. While some of Formoso’s

buildings are characterized by cool elegance, others are notable for their
warmth and ruggedness.

Awards has been given for his outstanding works and professional citations.

PRC Outstanding Architect of the year, 1979

Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan, 1977
Republic Cultural Heritage Award, 1973
United Architects of the Philippines Likha Award, 1990

Reference:
https://sixteenthofjanuary.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/famous-forms-of-formoso/
https://prabook.com/web/gabriel.formoso/1038449