Juan M. Arellano practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Juan M. Arellano as Filipino architect.
Juan M. Arellano was born at Manila in 1888. His recorded nationality is Philippines. He trained at Ateneo de Manila University and Drexel University.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Manila Metropolitan Theatre and Manila Central Post Office. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in Philippines shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Juan M. Arellano died in 1960, aged 72. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Manila Metropolitan Theatre
- Notable work: Manila Central Post Office
- Trained at Ateneo de Manila University and Drexel University
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