Gen. Flaviano Yengko y Abad |
Tomas Mapua y Bautista |
1888 - Tomas B. Mapua, Filipino outstanding architect and educator, founder of the prestigious Mapua Institute of Technology, dies at the ripe old age of 77; Mapua earned his high school and bachelor of architecture degree in the United States after which he worked for the Bureau of Public Works, pursued private practice, and was later appointed supervising architect under which capacity he took charge of great government construction projects such as the Philippine General Hospital and the National Mental Hospital; the first ever licensed Filipino architect, Mapua won recognition for several of his private projects, including his design of the La Salle College Building that led him to best his competitor architects (three Spaniards, two Americans, one Filipino and one German).
Photo credits:
http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Flaviano_Yengko
http://patnubay2.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/architecture-in-the-philippines/
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