P H IL IP P IN E

A R C H IT E C T U R E
 Gothic
 Emerged in Europe
 1150 to 1500 CE
 Characterized by tall slim towers (spires), pointed arches
and rose stained-glass windows
 Emphasize the vertical quality of building symbolizing its
connection to heaven
 Churches
SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH
CENTRAL TEMPLE OF
IGLESIA NI KRISTO
 RENAISSANCE
 1500 to 1700 CE
 Became popular in Italy, France, Netherlands and England
 “Rebirth” revisiting of classical elements found in earlier
periods (Greek and Roman)
 Columns, domes, arches, pediments and rusticated stonework
 Bahay na bato
FATHER JOSE BURGOS
HOUSE
 BAROQUE
 1600 to 1725 CE
 Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Russia
 Use of Greek and Roman elements
 Rich and dense decoration and layers upon layers of
architectural elements
PAOAY CHURCH
SANTA MARIA
SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH
MIAGAO
 NEOCLASSICAL
 Europe and North America
 1750 to 1850 CE
 American - colonial architecture
MANILA POST OFFICE
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
PROVINCIAL CAPITOL
 ART DECO
 1920s to 1940s
 Stylized, highly geometric and simplified Greek and Roman elements
 Concrete, glass and metal
METROPOLITAN
THEATER
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
LOPEZ MANSION
 MODERN
 1930s to 1960s
 Simplify architecture
 Plain surfaces, simple geometric forms
 Glass, concrete and metals
CULTURAL CENTER OF
THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL ARTS CENTER
PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER
 POST MODERN
 1980s onwards
 Uses elements from earlier periods (arches and columns) but
reinterprets them in a different way