LESSON 4:

POST WORLD
WAR II
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 4
 THE DEVASTATION BROUGHT
BY THE LAST WORLD WAR II,
COUPLED WITH ECONOMIC
EXIGENCIES GAVE WAY TO THE
EXTENTION OF SLOWLY
EMERGING ARCHITECTURAL
CONCEPT TO DETACH FROM
THE BONDAGE OF
TRADITIONAL FORMS.
• In 1946, the independent Philippines expressed its identity by
implementing modernism through the utilization of reinforced
concrete, steel and glass, the predominance of cubic forms,
geometric shapes and Cartesian grids, and the absence of
applied decoration.
 The post-war doctrine was “FORM
FOLLOWS FUNCTION” professed by the
3rd generation of architects namely:

POST Cesar Concio, Angel Nakpil, Alfredo

Luz, Otillo Arellano, Felipe Mendoza,
Gabriel Formoso and Carlos Arguelles
WAR
PERIOD “Form follows Function” is a principle
associated with modernist architecture
and industrial design in the 20th
century
POST WAR PERIOD
• Federico Ilustre a consulting architect
from the 1950’s to 1970’s
• Worked on the buildings at the Elliptical
Road in Quezon City
• Centerpiece is the 66 meter high Art Deco
Quezon Memorial Monument
• Composed of 3 pylons topped by winged
figures representing the 3 island groups
POST WAR PERIOD
• Cesar Homero Concio, Sr.
• First university architect of the
University of the Phils.
• One of the architects selected by
Pres. Manuel Roxas in 1947 to
study the trends in architecture &
engineering to design the buildings
of the capital
MELCHOR HALL, UP DILIMAN
POST WAR
PERIOD
• Angel E. Nakpil
• Nephew of National
Artist, Juan Nakpil
• Harvard-trained architect
• He was a charter member
of the United Architects of
the Philippines (UAP)
• NATIONAL PRESS
CLUB
• Inaugurated by Pres.
Magsaysay on
December 30, 1955
• The NPC building
became historic
monument to the
ideas of press
freedom and unity
among colleagues in
the country’s
newspaper industry
POST WAR PERIOD
• Alfredo J. Luz
• AJ Luz was at the cutting edge of
Philippine modernism in the late
50’s and early 60’s
 WORLH HEALTH ORGANIZATION
QUISUMBING BUILDING HEADQUARERS, MANILA
POST WAR PERIOD
• Otillo Arellano
• Son of Arcadio Arellano
• Represented the country in some
international expositions during the
50’s & 60’s
• Chosen by Imelda Marcos to restore
the Metropolitan Theater
NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HEADQUARTERS MANILA
POST WAR PERIOD
• Felipe Mendoza
• AWARDS :
• Patnubay ng Sining, 1976
• UAP Likha Award, 1982
• PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year
1982
PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK

The concept of a bank for

veterans of World War II was
conceived in 1956 when a
war reparation agreement
was signed between Japan
and the Philippines.
The bank was born on June
18, 1963 through RA 3518
POST WAR PERIOD
• Gabriel Formoso
• Most popular architect of the residences
of the posh Makati villages
• PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year
1979
• One of those selected in 1963 for the
planning & working committee of the
future Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Maynila
 BANGKO CENTRAL NG PILIPINAS

LA TONDENA BUILDING
POST WAR
PERIOD
• Carlos Arguelles
• Appointed Dean of UST
College of Engineering &
Architecture from 1954-1959
• Member, American Institute of
Architects (AIA) & Philippine
Institute of Architects (PIA)
 PHIL. RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PHILAM LIFE BUILDING
POST WAR PERIOD
• The 1950’s also witnessed Space Age
aesthetics and soft modernism which
experimented with sculptural plasticity of
poured concrete to come up with soft and
sinuous organic forms with the use of thin
shell technology
JOSE MARIA ZARAGOSA’S UNION CHURCH CHURCH OF THE HOLY SACRIFICE
BUILT IN 1958 AND DESIGNED BY AR. DOMINADOR LACSON LUGTU, IT
WAS CONSIDERED AS THE BIGGEST DOME IN ASIA IN 1960
POST WAR PERIOD
• In the 1950’s, the height of buildings was
limited to 30 meters by law. With the
amendment of Manila ordinance No. 4131, a
high-rise fever redefined Manila’s skyline
INSULAR LIFE
BUILDING
Cesar Concio

The first office

building to
surpass the old
30-meters height
restriction
PICACHE BUILDING
Angel Nakpil

Considered as the 1st

skyscraper in the
Philippines