Leandro Locsin

''creating architecture that is both modern and

undeniably Filipino''

Leandro Locsin (1928-1994) was in some ways a quintessential Renaissance man. A brilliant
architect, interior designer, artist, and classically trained pianist, Locsin was also a keen art
collector, amassing a sizable collection of fine Chinese art and ceramics during his lifetime. It is
for his buildings, however, that he is remembered. From airport terminals to memorial chapels,
arts centers to stock exchange structures, Locsin left his mark on the urban landscape of the
Philippines.

THE PARISH OF HOLY SACRIFICE in UP DILIMAN

Juan Nakpil

" architect, teacher and civic leader, is a pioneer

and innovator in Philippine architecture"

The son of veterans of the Philippine Revolution, Juan Nakpil (1899–1986) was committed to
the belief that architecture built in the Philippines should reflect its culture and people. In his
early career, Nakpil spent time studying in the United States and France, absorbing the lessons
of international architecture. When he returned to Manila in the mid-1920s, Nakpil applied his
new-found knowledge to Filipino structures. He worked on the restoration of the home of
national hero Jose Rizal and, like Locsin, took inspiration from traditional stilt houses, remaking
them in cantilevered concrete on a mammoth scale.

QUIAPO
CHURCH
Francisco Mañosa

"architecture must respond to local conditions''

Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa has been challenging architectural convention in his native country
for five decades. He displayed an artistic temperament from an early age and remained a keen
painter throughout his life. Along with his three brothers, Mañosa eventually chose to pursue
architecture, and before long became the “outspoken champion of indigenous architecture,”
thus popularizing the idea of Philippine architecture for Filipinos.

COCONUT
PALACE
Carlos A. Santos-Viola

"The structure should not only look good but

must also be made well.”

An urbane young man who enjoyed lawn tennis and playing the saxophone, Carlos Santos-Viola
was also a gifted architect. He was a devout Catholic throughout his life, and many of his best
known designs were executed for the Iglesia Ni Cristo, a Filipino religious group. Santos-Viola
created churches for the group all over the archipelago, designed in a style quite distinct from
that of his contemporaries. Instead of the monumentalism of Leandro Locsin or the art deco
simplicity of Pablo Antonio, Santos-Viola chose to incorporate Gothic and Baroque elements
into his modern churches.

IGLESIA NI CRISTO CENTRAL TEMPLE, COMMONWEALTH

Pablo Sebero Antonio, Sr.

"buildings should be planned with austerity in mind

and its stability forever as the aim of true architecture,

that buildings must be progressive, simple in design

but dignified,
true to a

purposewithout resorting to
an applied set of aesthetics and should eternally recreate truth"

Pablo Sebero Antonio, Sr. was a Filipino architect. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture,
he was recognized in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time. He
was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines by President Ferdinand
Marcos in 1976

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

THEORY OF AR HITECTURE-2

Passed by: JERICO P. NAMUCO

Passed to: AR. NORILYN EVANGELIO

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