Bauhaus in Manila
The pioneers of the Bauhaus School, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer taught in Harvard after they reassembled in America when their Bauhaus school in Germany was dissolved. During that time, Angel Nakpil, one of the first architects in the country, studied in Harvard and became exposed with the Bauhaus Architecture. He then transplanted it in some of his designs. The National Press Club is one of his works.
A collaborative, web-based, free-content database and exhibition of notable Filipino Architecture.
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Andres Luna designed many buildings that luckily survived until this day. But his most daring work, the crystal arcade didn’t make it to the modern world. Crystal Arcade made it in Philippine History by becoming the very first air-conditioned Department Store in the Philippines and the first home of the Stock Exchange. Also, when it was built, it is was the most modern building in Escolta. Had it survived until this day, it might have served as the prototype design of our department stores, not the shoe box buildings we all have today.
A postcard showing the interior of of Crystal Arcade. This building is designed by the great architect Andres Luna de San Pedro, the son of the master artist Juan Luna. Crystal Arcade is the first air-conditioned mall in Manila.
A postcard (during the American Period) of the Old Legislative Building (now the National Museum of the Philippines). This neo-classical masterpience is designed by two of the country’s best architects: Juan Arellano and Antonio Toledo.
Escolta, Manila (then the principal business street of Manila) showing at the upper right the Luis-Perez-Samanlilio Building by Andres Luna de San Pedro and Juan Nakpil.
Silliman Hall (Anthropology Museum) of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. ADD you photos now!
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao holding Sampaguita by Italian sculptor Francesco Riccardo Monti.
View more photos of the Quezon Memorial Monument in the Arkitekturang Filipino site: http://www.arkitektura.ph/?p=buildings&view=76
Cebu Capitol Building taken while Pres. Manuel Quezon was delivering a speech during the building’s inauguration.
Architect: Juan Arellano
Date Built: 1937 − 1938
Style: Neo-Classical
Location: Osmena Blvd., Cebu City
Right Elevation of Manila Cathedral. More photos: http://goo.gl/3jjS5
Rizal Hall, University of the Philippines, Manila Campus
Plan of Manila (Intramuros) from Diccionario Geografico-Estadistico-Historico De Las Islas Filipinas. Madrid 1851.
The Magallanes Church, also known as the Parish Church of St. Alphonsus, was built in 1968 and consumed by fire in September 2004. The church was rebuilt by Architect Dominic Galicia, preserving the concrete structure that survived the fire while adding a soaring roof that increased the height from six meters to 28 meters.
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The famous Calle Crisologo of Vigan City. A UNESCO Heritage site. Contribute more photos by being a Contributor!
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Iloilo Art Deco. The Old Jaro Municipal Hall. Now the headquarters of PNP.
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