Pedro Siochi
Pedro Siochi y Angeles | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1886 |
| Died | 1951 |
| Alma mater | University of Ghent, Belgium |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Pedro Siochi and Company |
| Buildings | Legislative Building, Manila Manila Metropolitan Theater, Manila Cebu Provincial Capitol Manila Central Post Office Caliraya Dam, Laguna Santa Catalina College, Manila St. Scholastica's College, Manila |
Pedro Siochi (1886–1951) was a Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks in the Philippines.
Background
[edit]Pedro Siochi y Angeles was a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks and structures in the Philippines. He was born in 1886 in Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines.[1]
Education
[edit]Siochi attended the University of Ghent in Belgium. He later worked with the Philippine Bureau of Engineering and Construction.[2]
Career
[edit]Pedro Siochi and Company
[edit]Siochi was the founder and owner of the architecture firm Pedro Siochi and Company, Inc.[3]
Notable works
[edit]Among the significant works of Pedro Siochi and Company are famous Philippine landmarks, namely:
- Talavera River Irrigation System in Bulacan Province (1923)
- Culasi Port in Roxas City (1926)
- Manila Central Post Office (1926) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano and Arch. Tomás Mapúa (1926)
- Legislative Building (1926) with Arch. Ralph Harrington Doane, Arch. Antonio Toledo, And Arch. Juan M. Arellano
- Manila Metropolitan Theater (1931) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano[4]
- St. Cecilia's Hall of St. Scholastica's College (1932) with Arch. Andres Luna San Pedro
- Taal Vista Lodge in Laguna (1937–39) with Andres Luna de San Pedro
- Cebu Provincial Capitol (1938) with Juan M. Arellano
- Caliraya Dam in Laguna (1939)
- Santa Catalina College (1952).[5]
Death
[edit]Siochi passed away in 1951 in Manila, the Philippines.
See also
[edit]- Manila Metropolitan Theater
- Manila Central Post Office
- Legislative Building
- Cebu Provincial Capitol
- Caliraya Dam
References
[edit]- ^ Wood, Leonard (1925). Annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands. Washington D.C.: Washington G.P.O
- ^ Lico, Gerard (2008). Arkitekturang Filipino: A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines. Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-971-542-579-7.
- ^ Alarcon, Norma (2008). The Imperial Tapestry: American Colonial Architecture in the Philippines. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.
- ^ Montinola, Lourdes (2010). Art Deco in the Philippines. Manila: ArtPositAsia. ISBN 978-971-057-905-1
- ^ de la Torre, Visitacion (1981). Landmarks of Manila: 1571-1930. Makati: Filipinas Foundation, Inc.