11 Facts About Pablo Antonio

Pablo Antonio was orphaned by the age of 12, and had to work in the daytime in order to finish his high school education and work at night.

Pablo Antonio studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of Technology but dropped out of school.

Pablo Antonio completed a five-year architecture course in three years, graduating in 1927.

Pablo Antonio first came into prominence in 1933 with the construction of the Ideal Theater along Avenida Rizal in Manila.

Pablo Antonio's work caught the eye of the Far Eastern University founder, Dr Nicanor B Reyes, Sr.

Pablo Antonio designed the White Cross Orphanage along Santolan Road in San Juan City, and the Manila Polo Club in Makati.

Apart from the Ideal Theater, Pablo Antonio designed several other theaters in Manila, including the Dalisay, Forum, Galaxy, Life, Lyric and Scala Theaters.

Pablo Antonio's style was noted for its simplicity and clean structural design.

Pablo Antonio was conscious of adapting his buildings to the tropical climate of the Philippines.

Pablo Antonio himself has been quoted as stating that "buildings should be planned with austerity in mind and its stability forever as the aim of true architecture, that buildings must be progressive, simple in design but dignified, true to a purpose without resorting to an applied set of aesthetics and should eternally recreate truth".

Pablo Antonio died on June 14,1970, in Manila, Philippines.