Saw this old photo of the Central Post Office Building, or Manila Post Office (as what most people refer it to) located in now Liwasang Bonifacio (Plaza Lawton) near Manila City Hall. It look so monumental back then. I swear I can hear gramophone audios just looking at this picture. What I love about this photo ...
The above photo is an actual image of an interior of a clock tower located in Brooklyn, New York. I saw it one time from a website and I just love how it look so I made a 3d Model replica of it as pictured below using SketchUp and rendered in VRay. Took me 2 ...
Sustainable Interiors as presented by Philippine’s School Of Interior Design (PSID) Advanced Class Batch 2011. Materials such as “Bato” (stone), “Semento” (cement or concrete), “Putik” (mud or clay), “Kahoy” (wood), “Bakal” (steel), “Kawayan” (bamboo), “Papel” (paper), “Plastik” (plastic) at “Salamin” (glass) are the focus of interest in conceptualizing the design. Below are some of the ...
Ayuntamiento ng Maynila, now called Manila City Hall. The word Ayuntamiento, a Spanish term for the council of a municipality, or sometimes the municipality itself, translates to “City (or Town) Hall” in English. Located at the corners of Taft Avenue, Padre Burgos and Villegas Street, just off Rizal Park,the building was designed and planned by ...
Located on Padre Burgos Avenue, near the Central Post Office Building, the MET or Manila Metropolitan Theater is designed by the Filipino architect Juan M. Arellano. Initially envisioned in a Neo-Classical style like his other designs such as the Manila Post Office and the now National Museum of the Philippines (Legislative Building before), Arellano decided ...
Basilica Minore de San Sebastián, most commonly known as San Sebastian Church, is located in Quiapo, Manila, near Mendiola. Designed by Genaro Palacios, a Spanish architect, in an Earthquake Baroque with the Neo-Gothic style in 1880s, it is the only all-steel church that can be found in Asia. Consecrated in 1891, it was designated as a ...