Mr. Leandro V. Locsin is a celebrated architect of the Philippines. He designed numerous modern building, which adopt climatic features of Southeast Asia and the traditional style of the Philippines. His accomplishment contributed remarkable to the development of architectural culture in Asia.
National Artist for Architecture , 1990. (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994) Leandro V. Locsin reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture. He believes that the true Philippine Architecture is “the product of two great streams of culture, the oriental and the occidental… to produce a new …
9/5/2018 · September 5, 2018. 1705. From a pre-law course to pursuing his passion for music, Leandro “Lindy” V. Locsin found himself, at long last, in what appeared to be his true love — architecture. Born on August 15, 1928 and hailing from Silay, Negros Occidental, the young Leandro had the knack for music, learned the piano and became very good at it.
Leandro V . Locsin . Cultural Center of the Philippines. Folk Arts Theater. Philippine International Convention Center, Manila. Sofitel Philippine Plaza (Westin Philippine Plaza) Philippine Pavilion, Osaka, Japan. Benguet Center (Banco de Oro Building) Manila International Airport (NAIA Terminal 1), 12/4/2011 · Most of Locsin’s work has been inside the country, but in 1970, he designed the Philippine Pavilion of the World Expo in Osaka, Japan. His largest single work is the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei. Locsin also designed some.
in the works of Leandro V. Locsin, one of the foremost modern Filipino architects. The decision to shift the analysis from the general concept of polarity to bipolarity was due to the fact that during that time, Asian culture was thought of as a single entity, and the conception that it.
3/16/2012 · 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.
After the war, Locsin returned to Manila to continue his education at La Salle and after finishing secondary education was enticed to pursue three professions: music, architecture and medicine. Though his mother wanted him to pursue medicine, and initially frightened by the mathematics involved in architecture, the young Locsin settled for a degree in Music being his first love.
In 1957, Leandro V . Locsin ‘s Church of the Holy Sacrifice in Diliman was one of the milestones in the development of modern church architecture in the Philippines (Klassen 1986). Although, it seemed to totally break away from traditional Spanish period church architecture, it was praised for incorporating traditional concepts and processes …
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