 Designed by a Spanish priest-civil engineer

Rev. Fr. Roque Ruaño in 1920 to 1923, the

main building of the Philippine’s oldest
university, located along Espana Boulevard, is
also the first earthquake resistant building in
the country. The design was fine tuned after
the lessons learned from the Great Kantō
earthquake that flattened Tokyo and
Yokohama in September 1, 1923.
 Designed by Juan Nakpil, the first architect to
receive the National Artist award in 1973,
Quezon Hall houses the administrative offices
of the university located in Diliman, Quezon
City. Constructed in the 1950s, the building
sports an eclectic style, combining different
styles into one structure. The same style is
used for the university’s main library, also
designed by Nakpil.
 Considered the largest body of work done in
Art Deco style in Manila, the Nicanor Reyes
Hall is part of the five buildings in the FEU
complex designed by Pablo Antonio. Antonio
is the second architect to receive the National
Artist award in 1976, a year after his death. In
2005, the five Art Deco-style buildings
earned a citation from the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) for the Asia-Pacific
Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage.
 An example of the massive, fortress-style
Brutalist architecture, the Philippine
International Convention Center (PICC) is a
brainchild of Leandro Locsin, one of the
greatest master architects that the Philippines
has produced. For a state-of-the-art
structure, the PICC was surprisingly
completed within only 23 months from 1974
to 1976. It has hosted foreign and local
conventions, including the annual Awards
Night of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts
and Sciences (FAMAS).
 The National Theater or Tanghalang Pambansa,
formerly the Theater of Performing Arts, is the
CCP’s flagship venue and houses its principal
offices. Like the PICC, the theater is only a part of
the CCP complex, a sprawling 88-hectare
government owned structure.
 The National Theater’s design is another work by
Leandro Locsin and carries his signature style of
the “floating volume,” which combines a heavy
use of concrete with elevated structures. The
result is a startling contrast of a massive looking
structure that seemingly floats.
 Part of the National Arts Center, the
Tanghalang Mariang Makiling is a
performance and arts venue of Philippine
High School for the Arts’ students and other
artists. This is another master work by
Leandro Locsin who radically adapted the
nipa hut design for this piece.
 Designed by the Mañosa brothers (Manuel,
Francisco, and Jose), the San Miguel
Corporation Building in Ortigas serves as the
head office of one of the largest corporations
in the Philippines. The building’s unique
design is inspired by the Banaue rice terraces.
Landscaping is done by the National Artist for
Architecture in 2006, Ildefonso Santos, who is
considered the father of Philippine landscape
architecture.
 Located in Samal island of Davao City, the
Pearl Farm Beach Resort is built on what was
once a farm for culturing pearls. A handiwork
of Francisco Mañosa who was a strong
advocate of indigenous architecture, the
resort’s design was adapted from the
traditional stilt houses built along the
coastline. In 2009, Mañosa received the
National Artist award for architecture.
 Built in 1961, the building is designed by Carlos
Arguelles in the International Style, with its
emphasis on rectilinear forms and plane surfaces
stripped of ornamentation. Arguelles was also
the architect behind the Manila Pavilion Hotel and
Casino (formerly Manila Hilton) and the
Development Bank of the Philippines Building in
Makati.
 A well-loved landmark not only for its design,
the Philam Life Building houses an auditorium
that has long served as a venue for music and
performance productions. The insurance
company itself had moved its head office to the
Net Lima building in Bonifaco Global City last
year.
 The Mind Museum in Bonifacio Global City is
hard to miss. For its sheer design alone, it is
a landmark work from the father and son
team of Lor and Ed Calma, and their
architectural firm.
 Due to its amorphic form which mimics the
cellular membrane, the museum has no
singular facade that remains the same when
viewed all around. Recently, it won an
international award from the 20th annual
Thea Awards for its design and exhibitions, a
first for a science museum in Asia.
 On any given day, the Zuellig Building
mesmerizes with its ghostly beauty. Its all-glass
façade with barely discernible edges makes this
premium-grade office building in Makati
business district blend and even disappear in its
surrounding sky and landscape.
 The first structure to receive a platinum level of
Leader in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) certification – the highest in the country –
from the US Green Building Council (USGBC), the
Zuellig building is built with sustainability in
mind. Its design is a collaboration between the
New York-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
and 50-year architectural veteran W.V
Coscolluela & Associates.
 Developed by Federal Land, the building
takes its initials from its owner and chairman
of the Metrobank Group, George Ty. The
tower sports a 10-storey vertical fin for its
crown and is one of the most recognizable
buildings in the Makati skyline. Its design is a
collaboration between the local architectural
firm GF & Partners Architects and Gozar
Planners Philippines in collaboration with the
international firm Kohn Pedersen Fox
Associates.
 Located within the SM Mall of Asia complex in
Pasay City, Mall of Asia Arena is the newest
sports and events arena in the metro after its
official opening in 2012. With a seating capacity
of 16,000 and a full-house capacity of 20,000 –
it rivals the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the
biggest indoor arena in Southeast Asia.
 A regular playing venue for the country’s major
basketball leagues, the arena also serves as
concert venue for local and international
performance artists. The arena’s distinctive look
is designed by the Miami-based architectural
firm Arquitectonica.
 One of the most awaited pre-selling projects
by Rockwell Land, the Proscenium is designed
by Carlos Ott, the Uruguayan architect
renowned for his design of L’Opéra de la
Bastille, a modern theater icon in Paris.
 A sweeping structure of steel and glass, the
Proscenium is built around a cultural plaza
comprised of a multi-purpose hall, fine arts
museum, book museum, and art galleries.
Turnovers for the individual towers of the
project are expected to be from 2017 to
2019.
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