State funeral for National Artist Pablo S.

Antonio
Pablo S. Antonio, who was posthumously awarded National Artist for Architecture in 1976, will be given
a state funeral on Friday, October 20, 2006 and his remains transferred to the Libingan ng Mga Bayani
on that day. His widow, 96-year old Marina R. Antonio, will be the recipient of the flag in the formal
military ceremony.

The remarkablelife of Antonio is one of determination triumphing over adverse circumstances.

Born on January 25, 1902 and orphaned at an early age, the young Antonio worked at the
Bureau of Public Works while still in high school in order to put himself through school.
Dropping out of college for the opportunity to work on the construction of the former Legislative
Building (now the National Museum), his brilliance was noted by Engineer Ramon Arevalo who
paid for him to study architecture at the University of London. Having worked while studying
for many years, Antonio was so adept at the practicalities of construction that he completed the
five year course in just three.

Upon returning to Manila he immediately embarked on a career spanning four decades, with
many of his greatest works built from the very beginning—the old Ideal Theater, the Far Eastern
University buildings, the beautiful Ramon Roces Publications building (still standing on Soler
corner Calero, Quiapo) and theWhite Cross Orphanage on Santolan Road where it has been
recently confirmed that the relief in front of the building is by Italian sculptor Francesco Monti.
Post-war, his works include the Manila Polo Club, original Manila Golf building, the first houses
of Forbes Park and many more.

A book on his life and works has been completed and is beginning to go into production. Being
published by Vibal Publishing, it is slated to be launched on January 25, 2007, Antonio’s birth
anniversary. The book will share with the public the inspiring story of his life and works. In
order to cover manuscript costs, advance orders for the book are being taken. Those who prepay
for their copies now get their names printed in the book as supporters of the project. For
inquiries contact project editor Vicky Veloso-Barrera at 4102279, (0916) 5165035 or at
tiny_planet@hotmail.com.

It is the hope of the Antonio family and other avid conservationists that with the release of the
book more awareness would be created of our country’s cherished landmarks, and that those
under threat, including Antonio’s Manila Polo Club, be preserved and protected.

Juan F. Nakpil (May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986) was a Filipinoarchitect, teacher and a
community leader. In 1973, he was named one of the National Artistsfor architecture, and
tapped as the Dean of Filipino Architects.
Biography
He was one of eight children of the Philippine Revolution veterans Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de
Jesús (who married the former after the death of her first husband Andrés Bonifacio). He died in
Manila in 1986 due to health reasons.

Education
He took up Engineering at the University of the Philippines and later, at theUniversity of
Kansas—where he received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. He then studied
Architecture at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts, in France upon the recommendation of
Jean Jacques Haffner, one of his professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Architecture. [2]

Later Career as an Architect

Nakpil worked in Andres Luna de San Pedro's architectural firm (1928), and Don Gonzalo Puyat
& Sons; eventually opening his own architectural firm in 1930.[3]Among Nakpil's works are San
Carlos Seminary, Geronimo de los Reyes Building,Iglesia ni Cristo Riverside Locale (Now F.
Manalo, San Juan), Magsaysay Building, Rizal Theater, Capitol Theater, Captain Pepe Building,
Manila Jockey Club, Rufino Building, Philippine Village Hotel, University of the
Philippines Administration and University Library, and the Rizal Shrine in Calamba, Laguna. He
also designed the International Eucharistic Congress altar and improved the Quiapo Church in
1930 by erecting a dome and a second belfry. He was hailed as a National Artist for
Architecture in 1973.[4]

Projects of Arch. Juan Nakpil

Theater

 Gaiety Theater, Manila (now inactive)

 Rizal Theater (now demolished and now replaced and occupied by Shangri-La Hotel Makati
City in 1993)
 Capitol Theater (now inactive)
 University of the Philippines Theater and carillon tower

Other Establishments

 Arellano University Building

 Magsaysay Bldg.
 Philippine Trust Co. Building (Plaza Goiti [now Plaza Lacson])
 Geronimo Delos Reyes Bldg.
 Capitan Pepe Bldg.
 Manila Jockey Club
 Philippine Village Hotel (now inactive, closed in 2000)
 University of the Philippines Administration & Library
 Rizal Shrine
 Gala-Rodriguez Ancestral House
 University of the Philippines Los Baños Old Humanities Building

 A Legacy of Architecture
 In March 2006, there was a flurry of protest, mainly by conservationists, journalists and
bloggers, upon the impending demolition of the Avenue Theatre to make way for a parking
lot. The building’s end happened quickly, leaving them to mourn another loss of heritage, the
work of a National Artist, Juan F. Nakpil.
 The Avenue theatre was described as “a grand Art Deco structure that provided
entertainment to generations of Manilans… a landmark building that helped define Manila’s
downtown – Avenida Rizal… Nakpil had designed it as a cutting-edge cinema before the war
and he renovated it after the war to cater to new technologies of air-conditioning,
Technicolor, and wide screens.” (Villalon, PDI

 LEANDRO V. LOCSIN PARTNERS is the current incarnation o f an

unb ro ken and co ntinuing ar chitectural practice found ed in 1955 b y Leandro V. Lo csin
(+), P hilipp ine Natio nal Ar tist for Architecture. T he firm is credited with having helped
shape Manila’s skyline and ar chitectural land scapes. One o f its earliest commissio ns , a
high rise apartment b uilding o n Ayala Avenue, set the architectural idio m fo r
sub seq uent b uild ings o n what was then the fro ntier o f urb an develop ment and what has
b eco me Manila’s pr emier e b usiness d istrict.
 T he fir m’s influence goes well b eyo nd Ayala A venue. Fro m its drawing board s have
sprung notab le wo r k such as the Chap el o f the Ho ly Sacrifice at the University o f the
P hilipp ines, the Cultural Center o f the P hilip pines Co mp lex, the 1970 P hilip pine
Pavilio n in Osaka, the Philipp ine Internatio nal Co nv entio n Center, the Manila Hotel
Redevelop ment, the Mand ar in Oriental Ho tel, the Manila Internatio nal Airpo rt, The
first Citib ank B uild ing, the Makati and P hilipp ine Stock Exchanges, the Anvaya Co ve
Resor t Co mmunit y, and the Ayala Museum (o ld and new).
 Sinc e 195 5 the fir m has d esigned o ver 33 p ublic b uild ings, 75 co mmercial b uild ings, 6
ho tels, 13 chur ches, sever al co untry club s and mu seums, and more than 100 residences
in the co untr y's mo st exclusive co mmunities.
 T he fir m's mo st co mpr ehensive p roject to da te is the New Istana Nurul Iman State
Palace and Seat o f Go vernment fo r the Sultan o f Brunei in B and ar Seri Begawan.
Enco mp assing a to tal floor ar ea o f app ro ximately 200,0 00 sq uare meters, the palace has
the distinctio n o f b eing the wo rld 's largest preside ntial residence.
 W ith a staff that includ es 4 0 d edicated architects and designers, the firm co ntinues to
immer se itself in the design tr ad itio ns o f the P hilipp ines and Asia alo ng with key
d evelop ments in design theor y, sustainability, and co ntemp orary tech nology. T he
reco nciliatio n o f these asp ects - vernacular co ntexts and western p rocesses - is stro ngly
reflected in the fir m’s wor k .
Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr
. is the National Artist for Architecture and the Allied Arts in 2006. He is an architect who had
pioneered the practice of landscape architecture in the Philippines and he was acknowledged as
the “Father of Modern Philippine Landscape Architecture.” Sir IP was not only a practitioner but
an educator and mentor who had contributed a lot in setting up the first four-year
undergraduate degree program in Landscape Architecture in the University of the Philippines
and had expanded the degree program to a Master degree program in Tropical Landscape
Architecture. His love for the university is unwavering like his father, Ildefonso Santos who was
a renowned Filipino educator, translator and Tagalog poet. He was also a landscape
architectural consultant for the campus planning of the University of the Philippines in the
1960’s. The biographical note on Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr. may be browsed in Paulo Alcazaren’s
“The Necessity of beauty : the landscape of Ildefonso P. Santos”
Ildefonso Paez Santos Jr. (September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014), popularly known simply
as "IP Santos", was a Filipino architect who was known for being the "Father of Philippine
Landscape Architecture." He was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines in the field of
Architecture in 2006.[1]He was the son of Filipino poet Ildefonso Santos and Asuncion Paez.[2]

Education
Santos graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1954 with a degree in the field of
architecture. He then pursued a second degree in Architecture, as well as a Master of
Architecture degree at the University of Southern California School of Architecture.[3]

Work
Santos pioneered the profession of landscape architecture in the Philippines.[4] He was
bestowed with the title of "national artist" for his outstanding achievement in architecture and
allied arts on June 9, 2006.[5]

Among the locations that comprise IP Santos' body of work are the landscaping of:

 Cultural Center of the Philippines

 Manila Hotel
 San Miguel Corporation Building
 Nayong Pilipino
 Paco Park
 Rizal Park
 Loyola Memorial Park
 Tagaytay Highlands Golf and Country Club
 The Orchard Golf and Country Club
 Magallanes Church
 Asian Institute of Management

Death
Santos died at 10 in the morning on January 29, 2014.[6]

References
 "Jose Rizal Relief Sculptures - Manila, Philippines - Relief Art Sculptures on
Waymarking.com". waymarking.com. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

"Architect IP Santos Jr. Library Collection Turnover to the College of Architecture Library |
UP Library Bulletin Online". uplibrarybulletin.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

"Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. | Arkitektura | Philippine Architecture, Architects, News".

arkitektura.ph. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

"National Commission for Culture and the Arts". web.archive.org. Retrieved2014-04-03.

José María V. Zaragoza carved out an illustrious career in Philippine

Architecture from 1938 until he died in 1994. In his lifetime, Zaragoza set himself on

a mission to build landmark churches, Catholic centers, as well as some of the

country’s premiere secular, institutional, and commercial residential structures.

This publication provides both heartwarming personal glimpses of the life of an

architect guided by an untenable faith in God, as well as formal perspectives on the

major accomplishments of Zaragoza over five decades in the history of Philippine

architecture.

José Maria Zaragoza (1912-1994) played a key role in the reconstruction of postwar
Philippines, helping reshape the landscape of Manila ravaged by the Second World
War through his striking structures that melded modernism and Philippine motifs and
styles.
He designed some of the most famous religious structures in the Philippines such as
the Santo Domingo Church and Convent and the Pink Sisters Convent, both in
Quezon City; the Union Church of Manila (a Protestant church) and St. John Bosco
Parish Church on Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road) in Makati; and the Shrine of Our
Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Posadas Village, Muntinlupa City.
He also designed the Pius XII Catholic Center in Ermita, Manila; and the Tala
Leprosarium in Caloocan City.
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Perhaps his most controversial liturgical work was his redesign of Quiapo Church.
Vatican recognition
Zaragoza had a diploma in liturgical art and architecture from the International
Institute of Liturgical Art in Rome. He also obtained a diploma in comprehensive
planning from the Hilversun Technical Research Center in The Netherlands.
He also became ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the
Philippines, a Catholic order with charities around the world. The order has a
permanent non-state-observer status in the United Nations.
Recognizing his contributions to the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II conferred on
Zaragoza the title Gentiluomo di Sua Santita (Lay Member of the Papal Household) in
1992. Men who receive such title serve as lay attendants of the Pope in Vatican City.
Futuristic lines
In 1975, Zaragoza designed the sci-fi-inspired Vira Mall in Greenhills, San Juan,
which depicted intergalactic travel through the ingenious use of glass tubes. The
Union Church in Makati was also designed along futuristic lines.

MERALCO Building, still the most beautiful building in Ortigas Center.

Zaragoza’s most famous structure, the Santo Domingo Church and
Convent in Quezon City

José Maria Zaragoza (1912-1994) played a key role in the reconstruction of

postwar Philippines, helping reshape the landscape of Manila ravaged by the
Second World War through his striking structures that melded modernism and
Philippine motifs and styles.

He designed some of the most famous religious structures in the Philippines such
as the Santo Domingo Church and Convent and the Pink Sisters Convent, both in
Quezon City; the Union Church of Manila (a Protestant church) and St. John
Bosco Parish Church on Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road) in Makati; and the Shrine of
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Posadas Village, Muntinlupa City.

He also designed the Pius XII Catholic Center in Ermita, Manila; and the Tala
Leprosarium in Caloocan City.
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Perhaps his most controversial liturgical work was his redesign of Quiapo Church.

Vatican recognition
Zaragoza had a diploma in liturgical art and architecture from the International
Institute of Liturgical Art in Rome. He also obtained a diploma in comprehensive
planning from the Hilversun Technical Research Center in The Netherlands.

He also became ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the

Philippines, a Catholic order with charities around the world. The order has a
permanent non-state-observer status in the United Nations.

Recognizing his contributions to the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II conferred
on Zaragoza the title Gentiluomo di Sua Santita (Lay Member of the Papal
Household) in 1992. Men who receive such title serve as lay attendants of the Pope
in Vatican City.

Futuristic lines

In 1975, Zaragoza designed the sci-fi-inspired Vira Mall in Greenhills, San Juan,
which depicted intergalactic travel through the ingenious use of glass tubes. The
Union Church in Makati was also designed along futuristic lines.

BAS-RELIEF depicting the Battle of La Naval by the Italian sculptor Francesco Monti. For
its architecture and its liturgical artworks—by Monti, Galo Ocampo, Antonio Llamas and
National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco—the Santo Domingo Church/ Shrine of Our
Lady of the Rosary of La Naval de Manila has been declared a National Cultural Treasure
by the National Museum of the Philippines.

Sadly, both structures have been demolished or altered beyond recognition,

meeting the fate of visionary buildings designed by other National Artists for
Architecture, such as the Jai-Alai and Avenue Theater in Manila, and Rizal Theater
in Makati (Juan Nakpil); Magnolia in Quezon City; Hyatt Regency Hotel in Pasay
City; and Benguet Center in Ortigas (Leandro Locsin).

(Another Locsin structure, Manila Mandarin, may meet the same fate soon.)

Among Zaragoza’s designs that have reshaped the Manila landscape are the
Meralco Building; the National Library; Commercial Bank and Trust Company in
Escolta, Manila, with its ingenious half-dome greeting motorists and commuters
from Jones Bridge.

Old and new

His most famous office building is the Meralco Building, still the most beautiful
building in Ortigas Center.

The late architect and architecture historian, Benedictine Father Rodrigo Perez III,
said the 15-story Meralco “is slightly curved to give it more stability and to avoid
the boxlike appearance of rectangular buildings and the ‘train effect’ of straight
corridors. Tapering vertical sunbreakers enhance the gentle curve of the concave
façade.”

But without a doubt, Zaragoza’s most famous building is Santo Domingo Church
and Convent, which he designed for the Dominicans, his mentors at University of
Santo Tomas. The design married old and new and “follows the plan of the church-
tower-convento complex of the colonial period,” said Father Perez. “While the
building embodies the simplicity of modern design, such features as arches give it
a traditional touch.”

Zaragoza took up BS Architecture at UST and graduated in 1936. Two years later,
he placed seventh in the licensure examination and became the country’s 82nd
licensed architect.