● QUIZ HOTEL DE ORIENTE - the first Philippine Hotel; Juan
I. IDENTIFICATION Jose Huervas
ARCADIO ARELLANO - First Filipino to be employed IDEAL SANITARY HOUSE - a fire-resistive structure to
by the Americans as architectural advisor. improve the health condition of the natives during the
ART DECO - introduced by the American architects and American occupation.
also by Filipino pensionado architects from their foreign INSULAR ICE PLANT & COLD STORAGE - first large
exposure; represented elegance, glamour, functionality building to be erected by the Americans on the southern
and modernity. side of Pasig River.
ART NOUVEAU - characterized by decorative foliage LUNETA HOTEL - the only remaining example of the
BURNHAM PLAN OF MANILA - planned with a civic French Renaissance Architecture with Filipino stylized
core where a grand concourse formed from the bay and beaux arts by Spanish architect Salvador Farre.
terminated to an arc further inland. MAESTRO DE OBRA - architectural designers who
BUNGALOW - one storey house with wide picture acquired the title either from practical experience or
windows introduced by the Americans in 1948 and built completed academic training for the course.
in the typical American manner. MANILA CITY HALL - one of the distinct landmarks in
CHALET - middle class houses built on spacious lots the capital city; with its hexagonal tower with three
having a simple design and verandah in front. red-faced clocks on three of its facet; building’s floor plan
CITY OF BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT - landscaping style had been dismissed as similar in shape to a coffin or, in
of a formal grid with diagonal boulevards, as in Luneta the other end, like the shield of Knights of Templar.
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT - the ten-year JAI-ALAI BUILDING - one of the finest spectacular Art
transitional period in the Philippines from 1935-1945 in Deco edifice, opened in 1940 as a home for the Basque
the preparation for the independence from the United game of the same name and quickly adopted as a
States (Tydings-MucDuffie Law) (Philippine playground by the rich and glamorous.
Independence Act). MANILA METROPOLITAN THEATER - the most
DANIEL BURNHAM - Architect/ urban planner outstanding example of Art Deco architecture in the
commissioned to prepare city plan for Manila/ Baguio country with Filipino motifs of tropical flowers and fruits
DEWEY BOULEVARD - designed to be a linear parkway ornament the structure’s grilles, stairways and wall
with tropical landscaping on both sides and a detailing; a ballroom and housed restaurants by Juan
spectacular view of Manila Bay. Arellano.
FERROCONCRETE - adapted by Parsons for the KAHN SYSTEM - a reinforced concrete engineering
one-storey schoolhouses technique for bldg. Construction, William Parsons
GABALDON SCHOOL BUILDINGS - type of school MANILA POST OFFICE - an ideal embodiment of the
buildings initiated by a congressman through Republic Greco-Roman revival that characterized Western
Act 1801 architecture between the World Wars along the Pasig
River. II. MATCHING TYPE
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE - style characterized by use of MANILA HOTEL - William Parsons
Classical columns, grand stairways, symmetrical KUBETA - Flyroof sanitary pail
planning and monumentality. FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY - Pablo Antonio
NIPPON BYOIN - formerly Hospital of Japan; St. Luke’s OLD CONGRESS BUILDING - Ralph Duane
Hospital. MANILA CENTRAL POST - Juan M. Arellano
PARIS ON THE PRAIRIE - Burnham plan of Manila’s MANILA CITY HALL - Antonio Toledo
concept REGINA BUILDING - Andres Luna San Pedro
PENSIONADO - Filipinos sponsored to study in Europe PHILTRUST BANK BUILDING - Samuel C. Rowell
and America to become the first generation architects. JAI-ALAI BUILDING - Welton Becket
PHILAMLIFE INSURANCE HOUSING PROJ - planned GOTA DE LECHE - Arcadio Arellano
community by Carlos Arguelles with more natural or GRIDIRON - Formal street pattern
organic design. THE MANSION - Official summer residence of US Gov
PHILTRUST BANK BUILDING - Manila’s first Generals
skyscraper; undulating balconies and iron grilles mark it AKSESORYA - two-storey houses
as belonging to the Art Nouveau style; Binondo, Manila MULTI-STOREY BUILDING IN THE 1900S - thirty
REGINA BUILDING - one of the earliest structures meters high
made of reinforced concrete, a material introduced ESTERO - waterway
during the American colonial period; Art Deco edifice; LUNETA HOTEL - Engr. Salvador Farre
touches of Angkor and even Meso-American motifs; INSULAR ICE PLANT AND STORAGE - Edgar K.
Escolta. Bourne
SANITARY BARRIOS - highly regulated blocks of HISTORY OF MUSIC MURAL (MET) - Fernando
subdivided lots Amorsolo
SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY - the oldest stranding American PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL - Tomas Mapua
structure in the Philippines; Stick style architecture PIER 7 - Longest passenger pier in its time
SPANISH MISSION REVIVAL - set-piece architecture
mimicking the styles of Spanish colonial buildings; US
Army Engineers.
TOMAS MAPUA - 1st Filipino registered architect
TREATY OF PARIS - an agreement made in 1898 that
involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining
Spanish Empire to the United States.
WILLIAM E. PARSONS - designed the mountain retreat
house of US Governor Generals
POST WAR FOLK ARTS THEATER - also known as The
ARANETA COLISEUM - The Big Dome; one of the Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas
largest clear span domes in the worlds until 1966 FRANCISCO MAÑOSA - A National Artist in 2009;
BLISS - Government financed low cost apartment Coconut Place.
housing through the ministry of Human Settlements GRAMERCY RESIDENCES - tallest residential building
BRISE SOLEIL - also called sun breaker; a favorite in the Philippines (2011) with a height of 302 meters and
feature in the international architectural style 73 storeys
BRUTALISM - architectural style in the raw with ISTANA NURUL IMAN - “Palace of the Light of Faith”,
emphasis on materials, structure and construction use of architectural motif of golden domes and vaulted
BOTICA BOIE - was the first and largest drug store in roofs
the Philippines during the 19th century and well into the JORGE RAMOS - Architect of Designer Hospitals
1960s. JUAN NAKPIL - First Architect to be conferred the
CCP - modernist and brutalist architect’s abstraction of National Artist Award (1973); Quiapo Church
the Bahay Kubo, standing on a massive podium with a LCP - The “Designer Hospital” created by PD 1823 for
vehicular ramp pulmonary diseases
CCP COMPLEX - 88 hectare reclaimed property along LEANDRO LOCSIN - The “Poet of Space”, one of the
Roxas Blvd; part of the 1500 hectare reclaimed area greatest Filipino Modern Architects.
along Manila Bay. MALL OF ASIA ARENA - eye themed facade
CONDOMINIUM - a form of housing tenure for a fast symbolizing promise of delivering top-notch
paced lifestyle with a small space that is easy to entertainment to its audience.
maintain MERALCO BUILDING - a 14 storey building with sun
CRESENCIANO DE CASTRO - Philippine Nuclear baffles of 21 curved vertical members in Ortigas;
Research Institute, Quezon City Zaragoaa
DOMINIC GARCIA - National Museum of Natural NKTI - The “Designer Hospital” that is a specialty center
History for renal health
FELIPE MENDOZA - promoted tropical organic PABLO ANTONIO - second architect to be conferred the
architecture, was a leader of Philippine Institute of National Artist Award (1973); Quiapo Church
Architects and prime mover of United Architects of the PHC - The “Designer Hospital” inaugurated on
Philippines; Batasang Pambansa Valentine’s Day, the first smoke free bldg.
FELINO PALAFOX - Architect, environmental planner, PHILAMLIFE HOMES - a planned community for middle
urban planner and development consultant class housing in Quezon City in the 1950s
FOLDED PLATE CONSTRUCTION - assembles of flat PHILIP RECTO - architecture style in the raw with
plates, or slabs, inclined in different directions and joined emphasis on materials, structure and construction
along their longitudinal edges PHILIPPINE ARENA - world’s largest indoor arena
situated in a field site at Ciudad de Victoria
PICC - Asia’s first international convention center
PIERCED SCREENS - type of sun breaker intended to
diffuse light.
R.G. VILLAROSA - Raffles City Complex, Singapore
REGIONALIST ARCHITECTURE - Designs which were
more responsive to local climate and culture
SM NORTH EDSA - largest mall in the Philippines in
terms of gross floor area
TOMAS MAPUA - the first Filipino registered architect