What is ordinary for some is extraordinary for others. This is a story of how something ordinary was turned by...
Rizal Memorial is the multipurpose athletic center that has been standing at the corner of Pablo Ocampo (formerly Vito Cruz)...
First, to clear up possible confusion, this column is about Plaza Moriones in Intramuros, not the plaza with the same...
It’s an urban legend—maybe a confidential one, since few Filipino nationals or even Davaoeños know—that during the Commonwealth era, the...
Among the basic principles of conservation followed internationally is the stipulation that all angles of architectural monuments or heritage buildings should always remain in full view to the public.
Here is an interesting response to last week’s column about leaving seriously damaged Bohol churches as ruins rather than totally reconstructing them.
The general sentiment is that Bohol churches devastated by the recent earthquake will rise again from the rubble, reconstructed faithfully, patiently, carefully rebuilt stone by stone, until each damaged structure returns to what it used to be.
Wili Fernandez stands tall as one of the pillars of Philippine design. A visionary in his field, he was among the early design nationalists who was proudly aware of his heritage and who always referenced the Filipino in all of his work.
The landmark El Hogar Filipino building on the Binondo bank of the Pasig is reported to have been sold.
A few weeks after the earthquake struck Bohol last October, members of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (Asep) volunteered to survey and to propose procedures to restore, repair or replace damaged heritage structures.
