Filipino architect
Pedro Siochi was a Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks in the Philippines.
Background
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
Siochi attended the University of Ghent in Belgium. He later worked with the Philippine Bureau of Engineering and Construction.[2]
Career
Pedro Siochi and Company
Siochi was the founder and owner of the architecture firm Pedro Siochi and Company, Inc.[3]
Notable works
Among the significant works of Pedro Siochi and Company are famous Philippine landmarks, namely:
Death
Siochi passed away in 1951 in Manila, the Philippines.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
