Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building
Building in Manila, Philippines
14°35′57″N 120°58′54″E / 14.5991°N 120.9816°E / 14.5991; 120.9816The National Artist Pablo Antonio's postwar oeuvre, the Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building, built in 1953 at the corner of Carriedo Street and Rizal Avenue in Manila, Philippines, transfigured the modernist box into a building that was suited to the tropics by utilizing double sunshades. The concrete slab overhangs at both ceiling height and window sill height for every floor braced by staggered vertical fins of half-storey height. Curved bands of concrete horizontally traversed every floor.[1] It serves as a protection for both sunlight and rain.[2]
References
- ^ Lico, Gerard (2008). Arkitekturang Filipino: A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines. Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-971-542-579-7.
- ^ Ortiz, Maria Aurora (1976). Art: Perception and Appreciation. Manila: University of the East. p. 302. ISBN 971-11-0933-6.
External links
Media related to Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building, Santa Mesa, Manila at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
