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Neoclassical Architecture

This document provides an overview of Neoclassical architecture in the Philippines. It discusses the history and key features of Neoclassical style, and highlights some famous Neoclassical structures in the country, including the National Museum of Fine Arts, St. La Salle Hall, Malacanang Palace, Manila Central Post Office, Compania Maritima Building, and Manila City Hall. It also mentions notable Filipino architects who designed in the Neoclassical style.

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Neoclassical Architecture

This document provides an overview of Neoclassical architecture in the Philippines. It discusses the history and key features of Neoclassical style, and highlights some famous Neoclassical structures in the country, including the National Museum of Fine Arts, St. La Salle Hall, Malacanang Palace, Manila Central Post Office, Compania Maritima Building, and Manila City Hall. It also mentions notable Filipino architects who designed in the Neoclassical style.

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Neoclassical Architecture in the

PHILIPPINES
A VIRTUAL TOUR
TOPIC OUTLINE
HISTORY OF
NEOCLASSICAL KEY FEATURES
ARCHITECTURE

FAMOUS STRUCTURES
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Neoclassical
Architecture
Neoclassical architecture refers to a style
of buildings constructed during the
revival of Classical Greek and Roman
architecture that began around 1750 and
flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries.
When neoclassical architecture began to emerge in
Europe in the 1750s, its celebration of classical
restraint was seen as a reaction to the baroque
excesses and ornamentation of the Rococo style
that was popular in Europe starting around 1730.
The discovery of archeological ruins in Pompeii
and Herculaneum both fascinated the world and
inspired builders and architects to study,
appreciate, and ultimately resurrect the building
styles of ancient Greece and Rome, adapted for the
present.

History of Neoclassicism
KEY FEATURES
Neoclassical Architecture's antique simplicity was in
reaction to the excesses of the Rococo style.
Neoclassical buildings are symmetrical shape, tall
columns, triangular pediment and have a domed roof.
GRAND SCALE VOLUMES

Manila Central Post Office


GEOMETRIC FORMS

Immaculate Concepcion Parish, Church, Cavite


DRAMATIC USE OF COLUMNS

St. La Salle Hall


DOMED OR FLAT ROOFS

Manila City Hall


NOTABLE NEOCLASSICAL
STRUCTURES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
The National Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Manila, Philippines. The
neoclassical building was built in 1921 and originally served to house the
various legislative bodies of the Philippine government.
ST. LA SALLE HALL
St. La Salle Hall is an H-shaped four-story structure built in neoclassical style
in the Philippines. It was built from 1920 to 1924 to serve as the new campus
of De La Salle College
MALACANANG PALACE
Malacañang Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of the
president of the Philippines. The sprawling Malacañang Palace complex includes
numerous mansions and office buildings designed and built largely in the bahay
na bato and neoclassical styles.
MANILA CENTRAL POST OFFICE
The Manila Central Post Office, often called the Post Office Building, is the main
postal office of Manila. The original building was designed by Juan M. Arellano
and Tomás Mapúa in neoclassical style.
COMPANIA MARITIMA BUILDING
The Compañía Marítima Building also known as the Marítima Ruins is a
neoclassical heritage building located along the South Road Properties of Cebu
City, Cebu, Philippines that was built in 1910.
MANILA CITY HALL
The Manila City Hall is symbolically synonymous to the city of Metro Manila and
its adjacent cities. Architect Antonio Toledo designed this landmark and its
construction was finished in the 1930s.
MANILA CITY HALL'S
CLOCK TOWER
The neoclassical building's clock tower has
become a trademark for Manila and the city
hall as it is recognized as the largest clock
tower in the Philippines.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
The National Museum of Anthropology is a component museum of the National
Museum of the Philippines. It is located in the Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila
adjacent to the National Museum of Fine Arts building. Built c. 1916–1918 from a
neoclassical design by Canadian-American architect Ralph Harrington Doane.
NOTABLE NEOCLASSICAL
FILIPINO ARCHITECTS

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