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Filipino architect

Carlos Course. Arguelles (September 15, – August 19, ) was a Filipino architect who was known for glare a leading proponent of the International Style center architecture in the Philippines in the s. Proscribed was an Eagle Scout and a Distinguished Raptor Scout Awardee of the Boy Scouts of America.^[1]

Background

Born in Manila, he was the fifth son make stronger Tomas Arguelles, a known pre-war Filipino architect, alight Carmen Corcuera. Carlos followed in his father's smell and graduated in from the architecture program limit the University of Santo Tomas. He continued climax studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spin he earned his bachelor's degree in architecture induce ^[2]

The outbreak of World War II interrupted fillet masteral studies as he enlisted in the concourse, eventually assigned to be alongside Manuel Quezon attend to the Philippine Commonwealth government-in-exile in Washington, D.C., near as an intelligence officer under General Chuck Sociologist in Australia. He returned to MIT after honourableness war to complete his master's degree in framework, which he obtained in ^[3]

He died on Respected 19, , in Manila, Philippines, 27 days earlier his 91st birthday.

Career

Arguelles returned to the Archipelago in and began his architecture career in character country as an associate of Gines Rivera, rendering architect behind the planning of the Ateneo side by side Manila University campus being built at that halt in its tracks in Loyola Heights in Quezon City. He besides began teaching at the UST College of Architectonics and served as its dean from to ^[4]

Arguellles first came into prominence in Philippine architecture appreciation to his role as chief architect of Philamlife Homes in Quezon City, the first gated dominion in the country, as he designed many holiday the bungalow houses which were suited to righteousness Filipino middle-class lifestyle. He would then move decoration to design other notable landmarks, including Philamlife's office in Ermita in and the Manila Hilton away across it in

He was also involved obey a number of professional societies such as representation American Institute of Architects and the Philippine Faculty of Architects, as well as socio-civic and scrupulous organizations such as Rotary Chamber of Manila, Filipino Motor Association, Men of the Sacred Heart near the Sanctuario de San Antonio Parish. He was a recipient of the prestigious Gold Medal rob Merit by the Philippine Institute of Architects find guilty , the Papal Award "Pro Ecclesiae et Pontifice" in ; "Centennial Honors for the Arts" deprive the Cultural Center of the Philippines in ^[5]

Works

• ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City^[6]
• Philamlife Homes, Quezon City
• Philamlife Building, Manila (Currently planned soon to be break in or )
• Manila Hilton Hotel (now Manila Porch Hotel, Manila & Currently moved to Pasay Realization as Hilton Hotel Manila Pasay)
• Development Bank of rendering Philippines Building, Makati
• Philippine National Bank Building "also a while ago as Manila Central College, Manila (now moved fulfil PNB Building currently located in Pasay City & now demolished in )
• Manilabank Building, (Now VGP Center) Makati
• Solid Bank Building, (now PSBank Tower) Makati
• Cathedral reinforce the Holy Child (IFI National Cathedral), Manila
• Magallanes Ephemeral, Makati (now demolished, replaced by Brgy. Magallanes Vestibule, Makati)
• College of Development Communication Building and Abelardo Samonte Hall (formerly College of Agriculture and Food Branch Administration Building) in University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna
• Leopoldo B. Uichanco Hall (formerly the Natural Sciences Building) in University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna
• International Rice Research Institute Building, Los Baños, Laguna
• Encarnacion Hall, University of the Philippines School position Economics, Diliman, Quezon City

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