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JUAN F. NAKPIL
Juan Felipe Nakpil y de Jesus
Born: May 26, 1899
Died: May 7, 1986
PIA Founding President
2nd PIA Member Emeritus
Member, PIA College of Fellows
2nd Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1951
National Artist for Architecture, 1973
EDUCATION:
He studied Engineering at the University of the Philippines and later, at
the University 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.

NOTABLE WORKS:
University of the Philippines Administration & Library
University of the Philippines Los Baños Old Humanities Building
University of the Philippines Theater and carillon tower
Manila Jockey Club
San Carlos Seminary
Capitol Theater
Rizal Theater
Gaiety Theater
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TOMAS MAPUA
Tomás Bautista Mapúa
Born: December 21, 1888
Died: December 22, 1965
PRC # 00001
1st registered architect in the
Philippines
2nd PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
4th Recipient of the PIA Gold
EDUCATION: Medal of Merit, 1954
His education started at the Ateneo de Manila University and at the Liceo de
Manila. In 1903, he was sent to the United States to complete his high
school education and college education as one of the pensionado students
of the United States. The 1903 Pensionado Law awarded university
scholarships to the US for Filipino exemplary Filipino students. In exchange,
they agreed to work on local government construction projects. He
completed his secondary education at the Boone’s Preparatory School
in Berkeley, California and obtained a degree in architecture at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Philippine General Hospital
Manila Central Post Office
St. La Salle Hall
Librada Avelino Hall, Centro Escolar Univeristy
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FERNANDO OCAMPO
Fernando Hizon Ocampo, Sr.
Born: August 7, 1897
Died: 1984
4th PIA President
1st PIA Member Emeritus
Member, PIA College of Fellows
3rd Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1953

EDUCATION:
Ocampo was educated at the Ateneo De Manila University A.B., in
1914; University of Santo Tomas, B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1919;
and University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Architecture, 1921.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Angeles Apartments
Manila Cathedral (Reconstructed)
UST Central Seminary
FEATI University
Boat House of Eugnio Lopez, Sr.
Calvo Building
Regina Building
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CARLOS BARETTO
Carlos Alejandro Baretto
PRC # 00002
The first pensionado architect
PIA Board of Director
3rd PIA Member Emeritus
Member, PIA College of Fellows

EDUCATION:
Carlos Barretto holds the distinction as the first pensionado architect,
having graduated three years earlier than Mapua, earning his degree in
1908 from the prestigious Drexel University in Philadelphia. He was the
second (after Mapua) to be officially registered as an architect in 1921, as
required by law that was passed by the National Assembly that year, one
of 22 Filipinos.

WORKS:
Barretto designed the Carnival infrastructures of 1935, built on
exuberant Art Deco motif that was the prevailing style of
the Commonwealth years. After the Liberation, a group of Filipino architects
that included Barretto, organized themselves into the Philippine Architects
Society which proved to be of great help to the Philippines’ post-war
recovery.
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ANDRES LUNA DE
SAN PEDRO
Andrés Luna de San Pedro
y Pardo de Tavera
Born: September 9, 1887
Died: January 22, 1952
7th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
1st Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1949
EDUCATION:
He was taught painting in Manila’s School of Arts. He studied Arts in Paris
where he got his diploma in 1911 and went on to study architecture and
finished in 1918.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Natalio Enriquez Ancestral House
Legarda Elementary School
First United Building
Crystal Arcade Building
Alfonso Zobel Mansion
Manila Hotel, (renovated in 1935)
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CHERI MANDELBAUM
Francis 'Cheri' Mandelbaum
PRC # 00004
Born: -
Died: -
PIA Board of Director
Member, PIA College of Fellows

EDUCATION:
Mandelbaum was an American architect trained in Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York. He also spent some time in the Philippines, coming to the
islands in 1904 to work in the Bureau of Public Works with William Parsons,
urban planner and architect of the Paco Station of the Philippine National
Railways. Also, he worked as a professor of architecture at the University of
Santo Tomás in Manila.

NOTABLE WORKS:
The Michel Apartments
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JOSE MA. ZARAGOZA

Jose Maria Velez Zaragoza
PRC # 00082
Born: December 6, 1912
Died: November 26, 1994
9th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
5th PIA Member Emeritus
9th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1977
National Artist for Architecture, 2014
EDUCATION:
He took up BS Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas where he
graduated in 1936. He placed 7th in the licensure exams in the 1938. He
also had a diploma in liturgical art and architecture from the Rome-based
International Institute of Liturgical Art. At the Hilversun Technical Research
Center in the Netherlands, he obtained a diploma in comprehensive
planning

NOTABLE WORKS:
Meralco Building
Santo Domingo Church & Convent
Pink Sisters Convent
Union Church of Manila
St. John Bosco Parish Church
Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Pius XII Catholic Center
Tala Leprosarium
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GABRIEL FORMOSO
Gabriel Papa Formoso
PRC # 00099
Born: April 9, 1915
Died: December 22, 1996
Member, PIA College of Fellows
PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year,
1979
Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan, 1977
Republic Cultural Heritage Awards, 1973

EDUCATION:
He finished high school at the Ateneo de Manila in 1933. Then he enrolled
at the University of Santo Tomas School of Architecture which he graduated
in 1937 and received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Dona Narcisa de Leon Building
Bank of America
Asian Institute of Management
La Tondena Building
G.T. International Tower
The Peninsula Manila
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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JUAN M. ARELLANO
Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán
PRC # 00019
Born: April 25, 1888
Died: December 5, 1960
5th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
5th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1958
EDUCATION:
He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated in 1908. His first
passion was painting and he trained under Lorenzo Guerrero, Toribio
Antillon, and Fabian de la Rosa. However, he pursued architecture and was
sent to the United States as one of the first pensionados in architecture, after
Carlos Barreto, who was sent to the Drexel Institute in 1908; Antonio Toledo,
who went to Ohio State; and Tomas Mapua, who went to Cornell. Arellano
went to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1911 and subsequently
transferred to Drexel to finish his bachelor's degree in Architecture. He was
trained in the Beaux Arts and subsequently went to work for George B. Post
& Sons in New York City, where he worked for Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Bulacan Provincial Capitol
Jones Bridge
Casino Español
Gota de Leche
Manila Post Office Building
Metropolitan Theater
Villamor Hall of the University of the Philippines
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OTILIO ARELLANO
PRC # 00159
Born: February 9, 1916
Died: May 13, 1981
14th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows

EDUCATION:
He studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of Technology and obtained
his Bachelor of Science degree there in 1940 . After graduation, he worked as
an architect.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Philippines International Fair
Philippine Pavilion for the World Exposition
Metropolitan Theater (1978 Restoration)
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LEANDRO LOCSIN
Leandro Valencia Locsin
PRC # 00888
Born: August 15, 1928
Died: November 15, 1994
17th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
10th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1978
PRC Outstanding Architect of the Year, 1978
Patnubay ng Sining and Kalinangan Awards,
1972
Republic Cultural Heritage Awards, 1970
National Artist for Architecture, 1990
EDUCATION:
He completed his elementary education De La Salle College in Manila before
returning to Negros due to the Second World War. He then returned
to Manila to finish his secondary education in La Salle and proceeded in
taking up Pre-Law before shifting to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Music at
the University of Santo Tomas. Although he was a talented pianist, he later
shifted again to Architecture, just a year before graduating. He married
Cecilia Yulo, and one of their two children is also an architect.

NOTABLE WORKS:
The Church of the Holy Sacrifice
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Philippine International Convention Center,
Ayala Museum
National Arts Center
Istana Nurul Iman, Brunei Darussalam
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CARLOS SANTOS VIOLA

Carlos Santos-Viola y Antonio
PRC # 00085
Born: April 8, 1912
Died: July 31, 1994
27th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
13th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1990
Patnubay ng Sining and Kalinangan Awards,
1981

EDUCATION:
Starting from San Miguel Elementary School, Carlos moved on to the Ateneo
de Manila to finish his high school education. While in Ateneo he joined the
school band, and was quite active in basketball. Santos-Viola was one of the
very first graduates of the College of Architecture of the University of Santo
Tomas in 1935. During this time the professors then were outstanding
architects and engineers of the period, such as Tomas Arguelles, Tomas
Mapua, Juan F. Nakpil, Fernando H. Ocampo, and Andres Luna de San
Pedro.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Iglesia Ni Cristo's Central Office & Temple
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Lourdes School of Quezon City
Lourdes School of Mandaluyong
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PABLO ANTONIO
Pablo Sebero Antonio, Sr.
PRC # 00036
Born: January 25, 1901
Died: June 14, 1975
4th PIA President
National Artist for Architecture, 1976

EDUCATION:
Antonio was born in Binondo, Manila in 1901. He was orphaned by the age
of 12, and had to work in the daytime in order to finish his high school
education at night. He studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of
Technology but dropped out of school.
Ramon Arevalo, the engineer in charge of the Legislative Building project,
funded Antonio's education at the University of London. He completed a
five-year architecture course in three years, graduating in 1927.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Ideal Theater
Far Eastern University
White Cross Ophanage
Manila Polo Club
Ramon Roces Publications Building
Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building
Boulevard-Alhambra (now called Bel-Air) Apartments Building
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CESAR CONCIO
Cesar Homero Rosales Concio, Sr.
PRC # 00040
Born: November 30, 1907
Died: April 27, 2003
7th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
4th PIA Member Emeritus
7th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1964
EDUCATION:
He is the first University Architect of the University of the Philippines. When
the University transferred to Diliman from Padre Faura in the late 1940’s,
Cesar Concio was tasked to continue what Louis Croft has started. He is
also one of the architects selected by President Roxas in 1947 to study the
trends in Architecture and Engineering to design the buildings of the Capital
City, especially in his position as the chief architect of the UP Diliman
Campus.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Palma Hall, UP Diliman
Melchor Hall, UP Diliman
Vinzon’s Hall, UP Diliman
Church of the Risen Lord, UP Diliman
Insular Life Building, Makati
Baclaran Church, Paranaque
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LUIS MA. G. ARANETA

Luis Maria Gonzaga Araneta
Born: July 9, 1916
Died: 1984
PIA Board of Director

EDUCATION:
He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1939.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Times Theater
Makati Medical Center
Manila Doctors Hospital
Manresa Retreat House
Botica Boie
Araneta and Tuason Building
The Araneta house
Santa Catalina College
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CARLOS ARGUELLES
Carlos D. Corcuera Arguelles
PRC # 00139
Born: September 15, 1917
Died: August 19, 2008
13th PIA President
Member, PIA College of Fellows
6th PIA Member Emeritus
11th Recipient of the PIA Gold
Medal of Merit, 1988
Patnubay ng Sining and Kalinangan Awards,
1988
EDUCATION:
Carlos followed in his father's footsteps and graduated in 1940 from the
architecture program in the University of Santo Tomas. He continued his
studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his
bachelor's degree in architecture in 1941.
The outbreak of World War II interrupted his masteral studies as he enlisted in
the army, eventually assigned to be alongside Manuel Quezon and the
Philippine Commonwealth government-in-exile in Washington, D.C. and as
an intelligence officer under General Chuck Parsons in Australia. He returned
to MIT after the war to complete his master's degree in architecture, which he
obtained in 1946.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Philamlife Homes in Quezon City
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City
Philamlife Building, Manila
Manila Hilton (now Manila Pavilion) Hotel, Manila
International Rice Research Institute Building, Los Baños, Laguna