History of Architecture
History of Architecture
History of Architecture
History of Architecture
MODULE 4
Architecture in the Philippines
American Colonial
Architecture
Tropical Hybrid Design
Familiar local architecture icons from Hispanized
colonial structures overlaid with a neoclassical
massing.
Colonial Infrastructures
Buildings were built to facilitate ventures in military
control, public health, education, and commerce.
Official Architectural Styles
▪ Colonial Revival Mission
Use of clay roof tiles, adobe, concrete, stucco, gabled
roof, round arch entrances, arcades, corridors, and
mirador towers.
▪ Neoclassicism
Revival of using Greek and Roman orders as decorative
motifs.
Bureau of Public Works
▪ The nerve center of colonial architectural production
▪ Function was confined to the construction of roads
and public buildings
▪ Consultations, repair, design and supervision of
construction
▪ Consulting architects: William Parsons, George
Fenhagen, and Ralph Harrington Doane.
Camp John Hay
Baguio.