NATIONAL Artist Francisco T. Mañosa, who was known as the “Father of Philippine Neo-Vernacular Architecture,” passed away due to a lingering illness on Wednesday, the Cultural Center of the Philippines said in a statement. Mr. Mañosa championed Filipino architecture in a career spanning more than six decades. From his landmark design of the Sulo Hotel in the 1960s, to the San Miguel Building, with its rice terrace-like green balconies, until his retirement in 2015, “he had passionately created original Filipino forms and spaces with intricate and refined details anchored on Filipino sensibilities and cultures,” the CCP said. Among his many landmark projects are the Tahanang Pilipino (or the Coconut Palace); the internationally awarded Aman Pulo Resort; the Our Lady of Peace Shrine on EDSA, Quezon City; Metrorail Transit System Stations for LRT 1, circa 1980s; Quezon Memorial Circle Development Plan; and the Chapel of the Risen Lord in Las Piñas City, which was featured in the cover of his first published book, Designing Filipino. The CCP will hold a necrological service, details of which are to be announced soon.

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