Augusto Villalón, architect and cultural heritage conservation advocate who spearheaded the listing of several Philippine historical and natural landmarks in...
Advocates of heritage conservation want the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to start drafting a comprehensive plan (not a master plan as earlier written) to rehabilitate the 83-year-old Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC), following the decision to “terminate … negotiations” with Manila City Hall for its sale to a private entity.
ARCHITECTS and other heritage experts have condemned the demolition of the iconic Philippine National Bank (PNB) building on Escolta, laughing...
CONSERVATION architect and Inquirer Lifestyle columnist Augusto “Toti” Villalon was recently named honorary member of the International Council on Monuments...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has suspended the road-widening project at a section of the Iloilo-Capiz Road in Ajuy town, sparing for the meantime the heritage house maintained by cultural heritage specialist Eric Zerrudo, vice chair of the Philippine Unesco Commission.
A recent project replacing the roof of the Spanish-era cemetery chapel of Pototan town in Iloilo has caught the attention of heritage advocates as it is said to have veered away from the original design of the structure.
Heritage conservation issues continue to hound the Manila City Hall under Mayor Joseph Estrada as another important structure is being demolished, apparently with go-signal from the city government, to give way to development.
Dr. Jose Rizal is not alone as a potential casualty of Manila’s changing cityscape.
Reuse, adapt, retrofit are the more common buzzwords conservationists use to encourage owners to retain their old structures.
Important details of the St. James the Apostle Parish, one of the oldest Hispanic churches in Plaridel, Bulacan, can now be seen again after the church administration and a group of heritage conservators and artists successfully restored parts of the centuries-old structure last November.
