Juan Marcos Arellano y De Guzmán (April 25, 1888 - December 5, 1960), or Juan M. Arellano, was a Filipino architect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan Theater (1935), Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of the Philippines), the Manila Central Post Office Building (1926),the Central Student Church (today know as the Central United Methodist Church, 1932) the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol (1936), the Cebu Provincial Capitol (1937), the Bank of the Philippine Islands Cebu Main Branch (1940),Misamis Occidental Provincial Capitol Building (1935) and the Jones Bridge.

The Manila Theater

Juan F. Nakpil (1899–1986) was a Filipino architect, teacher and a community leader. In 1973, he was

named one of the National Artists for architecture, and tapped as the Dean of Filipino Architects.

He was one of eight children of the Philippine Revolution veterans Julio Nakpil and Gregoria de

Jesus (who married the former after the death of her first husband Andrés Bonifacio).

Among Nakpil's works are San Carlos Seminary, Geronimo de los Reyes Building, Magsaysay Building,

Rizal Theater, Capitol Theater, Captain Pepe Building, Manila Jockey Club, Rufino Building, Philippine

Village Hotel, University of the Philippines Administration and University Library, and the Rizal

Shrine in Calamba, Laguna. He also designed the International Eucharistic Congress altar and improved

the Quiapo Church in 1930 by erecting a dome and a second belfry. He was hailed as a National Artist for

Architecture in 1973.

Juan Napkil died in Manila, Philippines in 1986.

San Carlos Seminary

Leandro V. Locsin (August 15, 1928 - November 15, 1994) was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior

designer, known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects. An

avid collector, he was fond of modern painting and Chinese ceramics. He was proclaimed a National

Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990 by the late former President Corazon C. Aquino.

Cultural Center of the Philippines

Philippine International Convention Center

Francisco Mañosa is a Filipino architect and national artist noted for his Filipino inspired architectural

designs. He designed The Coconut Palace.

Manosa, on May, 2008 built his own Ayala alabang village Bahay Kubo mansion. With only 3 posts or

"haligi", it has 5 one-inchcoconut shell doors, 2nd floor, a "silong", Muslim room, sala, and master's

bedroom with a fish pond therein.

He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 2009 by former President Gloria

Macapagal-Arroyo.

Lanao Provincial Capitol

The Coconut Palace

Fernando Hizon Ocampo was a Filipino Architect and Civil Engineer. Born August 7, 1897, in San

Fernando, Pampanga, he was the son of Dr. Basilio Ocampo and Leoncia Hizon.

One of Manila's renowned architects, Ocampo was educated at the Ateneo de Manila A.B., in 1914; University of Santo Tomas, Civil Engineering, 1919; and University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Architecture, 1921. Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, he worked in the office of Mr. Emile Perrot, an architect in Philadelphia, and then spent two years traveling in Europe, giving particular attention to architectural designs. Returning to Manila he was for four years an assistant architect in the Bureau of Public Works. In 1927 he became associated with architect Tomas Arguelles and established Arguelles and Ocampo, architects. 

Many of Manila's finest business buildings and residences attest to Ocampo's ability as an architect and

engineer. Among these are the Manila Cathedral; UST Central Seminary; the Arguelles, Paterno (later

became Far Eastern Air Transport Inc. or FEATI), Ayala, Cu Unjieng and Cu Unjieng and Fernandez

buildings; the Assumption Academy of Pampanga and the residence of Mr. Joaquin Baltazar, the latter

having taken the first prize in the 1930 beautiful home contest.

Manila Cathedral UST Central Seminary Building