National Artist for ARCHITECTURE

He has developed a

legacy of Philippine architecture, which is essential to our Filipino identity

and at the same time, deeply appreciated and shared in our world today.

• Pablo S. Antonio

• Francisco T. Mañosa

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

He pioneered modern

Philippine architecture. His basic design is grounded on simplicity, no

clutter. The lines are clean and smooth, and where there are curves, these are

made integral to the structure.

• Pablo S. Antonio

• Francisco T. Mañosa

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

He distinguished himself

by pioneering the practice of landscape architecture–an allied field of

architecture–in the Philippines and then producing four decades of exemplary

and engaging work that has included hundreds of parks, plazas, gardens, and a

wide range of outdoor settings that have enhanced contemporary Filipino life.

• Pablo S. Antonio

• Francisco T. Mañosa

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

His place in Philippine

architecture history is defined by a significant body of modern edifices that

address spiritual and secular requirements. Zaragoza’s name is synonymous to

modern ecclesiastical architecture.

• Jose Maria V. Zaragoza

• Francisco T. Mañosa

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

He said to have given the country its visual icon to the

world via the terno. In the early 40s, he produced a single piece of clothing

from a four-piece ensemble consisting of a blouse, skirt, overskirt, and long

scarf.

• Jose Maria V. Zaragoza

• Francisco T. Mañosa

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

He is a director for film

and broadcast arts, espoused the term “freedom of expression” in the Philippine

Constitution.

• Lino Brocka

• Ishmael Bernal

• Ildefonso P. Santos

• Ramon Valera

He was a cultural icon of tremendous audience impact and cinema artist and craftsman–as actor, director, writer and producer.

• Lino Brocka

• Ishmael Bernal

• Fernando Poe Jr

• Kidlat Tahimik

He has continually

invented himself through his cinema, and so his cinema is as singular as the

man.

• Lino Brocka

• Ishmael Bernal

• Fernando Poe Jr

• Kidlat Tahimik

He was a filmmaker of the

first order and one of the very few who can be truly called a maestro. Critics

have hailed him as “the genius of Philippine cinema.”

• Lino Brocka

• Ishmael Bernal

• Fernando Poe Jr.

• Kidlat Tahimik

He is a film director and

producer, he is the quintessential Filipino filmmaker whose life is

devoted to the art and commerce of cinema spanning three generations of

filmmakers.

• Lino Brocka

• Eddie Romero

• Manuel Conde

• Kidlat Tahimik