Juan M. Arellano
| Juan M. Arellano | |
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| Born |
Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán April 25, 1888 Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | December 5, 1960 (aged 72) Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Known for | Neo Classic and Art Deco buildings |
| Spouse(s) | Naty Ocampo |
| Parent(s) | Luis C. Arellano Bartola de Guzmán |
| Awards | Medal of Merit Awardee, Philippine Institute of Architects |
| Honours |
5th President, Philippine Institute of Architects Precursor of the 1st Architectural Exposition in Asia |
5th President, Philippine Institute of Architects
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 Fine Arts), the Manila Central Post Office Building (1926),the Central Student Church (today known as the Central United Methodist Church, 1932), the old Jaro Municipal Hall in Iloilo (1934), 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.
Juan M. Arellano was born on April 25, 1888 in Tondo Manila, Philippines to Luis C. Arellano and Bartola de Guzmán. Arellano married Naty Ocampo on May 15, 1915. He had eight children, Oscar, Juanita, Cesar, Salvador, Juan Marcos, Luis, Gloria and Carlos.
He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated in 1908. His first passion was painting and he trained under Lorenzo Guerrero, Toribio Antillon, and Fabian de la Rosa. However, he pursued architecture and was sent to the United States as one of the first pensionados in architecture, after Carlos Barreto, who was sent to the Drexel Institute in 1908; Antonio Toledo, who went to Ohio State; and Tomás Mapúa, who went to Cornell.
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