Filipino and American Colonial Architecture

FABIAN DELA ROSA (1869-1937)

The first notable painter of the 20th Century

Known for his realistic portraits, genre and landscapes in subdued colors

First dean of the UP Fine Arts School

Work: Rice Planters

FERNANDO AMORSOLO Y CUETO

(1892-1972)

The first and among the few Filipino painters who have captured the different

striking colors and character of the country's magnificent sunlight (best known

for his illuminated landscapes)

Student of Fabian Dela Rosa

Works: Dalagang Bukid and Planting Rice

GUILLERMO TOLENTINO (1890-1976)

Trained in the classical style in Rome

He is considered as the "Father of Philippine Arts"

CHALET

A single-storey house that is slightly raised from the ground

Constructed in reinforced concrete and wood with an extended veranda in Front Already has room divisions.

BURNHAM PLAN Planned by Daniel H. Burnham and executed by

William Parsons

(They wanted Manila to be the Paris of Asia)

Developed plans for Manila, Bagiuo and Pagsanjan, Laguna

Development of the waterfront, parks, parkways, waterways and

transportation

Street system from one district city to another Location of building

sites for various activities.

JUAN ARELLANO A first generation architect that was sent to the US as one of the first

pensionados in architecture

His works:
Metropolitan Theater (1935),

Concept of the building:

“The Philippines needed a modern cultural center for operas, concerts, and plays, and he planned to achieve a
monumental one through its dimensions, elevations, and splendid decorations, and through its harmonious liens it would
symbolize an organ or a cathedral.”

Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of Fine Arts),

the Manila Central Post Office Building (1926),

reason why built in this location:

The Manila Post Office was strategically located by Daniel Burnham at the foot of Jones Bridge because of two reasons.
First was that the Pasig River could be used conveniently as an easy route for delivering mail and secondly, the post
office could be accessible from all sides including Quiapo, Binondo, Malate, and Ermita

Style of the building:

it was designed in the neoclassical style that expressed order and balance. It was built in 1926 and was worth one million
pesos. Fronting the huge, rectangular volume are the 16 Ionic pillars lined that are lined up above the steps just before
entering the lobby.[5] The main body of the building is capped by a recessed rectangular attic storey and flanked and
buttressed by two semi-circular wings. Inside, the main lobby has subsidiary halls at each end housed under the semi-
circular spaces roofed with domes.
the Central Student Church (today known as the Central United Methodist Church, 1932),

the old Jaro Municipal Hall (1934)

and the old Iloilo City Hall (1935) in Iloilo,

the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol (1936),

the Cebu Provincial Capitol (1937),

the Bank of the Philippine Islands Cebu Main Branch (1940),

Misamis Occidental Provincial Capitol Building (1935),

Cotabato Municipal Hall (1940) and the Jones Bridge.

ANTONIO TOLEDO Consulting Architect in 1938 until his retirement in 1954

The youngest pensionado when he was sent to the United States to study

architecture at the age of sixteen

One of the pioneer professors of Mapua Institute of Technology

Designed the Manila City Hall, Bureau of Customs and the Department of

Tourism and Finance Buildings.

TOMAS MAPUA Holds the distinction of being the first registered architect in the Philippines

Nicknamed "UNO"

He founded what is to become the Philippines' top Architecture and

Engineering school, the Mapua Institute of Technology

He also founded the first Architectural Association in the Philippines, the

Philippine Institute of Architects

PABLO ANTONIO Studied architecture at Mapua but dropped out of school in order to assist in

the design and construction of the Legislative Building (National Museum)

2nd awardee of the National Artist for Architecture

Took Philippine architecture into a new direction, with "clean lines, plain

surfaces, and bold rectangular masses." (Art Deco instead of the more popular
Neoclassicism)

Works: Ideal Theater, Nicanor Reyes Hall (FEU), Galaxy Theater

CESAR CONCIO The University architect of the University of the Philippines

Works: Palma Hall (UP), Insular Life Building, Church of the Risen Lord (UP)

FERNANDO OCAMPO Received his Bachelor of Arts in Ateneo de Manila in 1914, his Civil Engineering

degree in UST 1919 and studied architecture in the University of Pennsylvania

ANDRES LUNA DE SAN PEDRO Son of the famous 19th century expatriate Filipino painter, Juan Luna

Introduced the new architectural forms in the Philippines by using the Art Nouveau Style

The Manila government appointed him the chief architect, a position he held

from 1920-1924.

JUAN NAKPIL The eldest child of Philippine revolution veterans Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de

Jesus (the widow of Andres Bonifacio and maker of Phil. flag)

Became an assistant architect for the Bureau of Public Works

The first National Artist for Architecture (1973)

BRISE SOLEIL from French meaning "sun breaker"

In architecture refers to a variety of permanent sun-shading structures

CLASSIC REVIVAL STYLE, ART DECO STYLE, BEAUX ART

Styles that developed in architecture during the American Colonial Period

WILLIAM PARSONS Consulting architect and city planner known for his works in the Philippines

during the early period of American colonization in the country as

recommended by Daniel Burnham

Works: The Manila Hotel, The PGH Nurses' Home, The Philippine Normal

University, The Mansion House (Bagiuo)