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FAMOUS ARTIST AND THEIR ARTWORKS
4 The University of the Philippines-Diliman Administration Building
Juan Felipe Nakpil
(May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986)
National Artist
More popularly known to UP students as Quezon Hall, this 1950s building hosts the board of regents of the University. It is a beautiful example of Nakpil’s postwar architecture and serves as a gateway—and along with the famous Oblation sculpture—as a grand entrance to all those who enter the university.
4 FAMOUS BUILDINGS OF JUAN NAKPIL
1 Quiapo Church
Officially known as the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, the original Quiapo Church burned down in the late 1920s.
The church was reconstructed in 1933 from plans by Nakpil. Its edifice has slight baroque influences, and was further refined by Jose Maria Zaragoza in the 1980s.
3 Capitol Theater
This famous theater in downtown Escolta is another of Nakpil’s Art Deco gems done in an exaggerated, geometric style.
BIOGRAPHY
2 Quezon Institute
The country’s first National Artist for architecture, Juan Nakpil was born in Quiapo, Manila on May 26, 1899 to Julio Nakpil, a musician, and Gregoria de Jesus, the widow of Andres Bonifacio, both of whom were illustrious leaders of the Philippine Revolution against Spain.
He obtained his early education in Quiapo and Tondo, and subsequently enrolled at the Manila high School, where he graduated in 1917. He then took up engineering at the University of the Philippines. While in UP, he also studied freehand drawing, painting, and decorative arts under Fabian de la Rosa and Fernando Amorsolo, and sculpture under Maestro Ocampo. Two years later, he left for the United States and enrolled at the University of Kansas, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1922.
He sailed for France in the summer of 1925 to take up architecture at the Fountainbleau School of Fine Arts, where he received his diploma in architecture.
In 1928, Nakpil joined the firm Andres Luna de San Pedro. Later, he worked as a designer for Don Gonzalo Puyat and Sons. In 1930, he opened his own architectural firm.
In 1954, he became the First Filipino and non-American to be made fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was the organizer and past president of the Philippine Architects Society, now Philippine Institute of Architects.
On June 12, 1973, he was named national Artist.
Nakpil died on May 7, 1986 at the age of 87. He was a state funeral and was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
This beautiful building is an Art Deco masterpiece set in the middle of a sprawling, 6.5-hectare property along E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue. Built in 1938 for the Philippines Anti-Tuberculosis Society, this amazing example of Streamlined Moderne has delicate bridges linking several pavilions and various Art Deco details on the interior and exterior.