Hamad, Reema Xeinel A.

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Among the Filipino architects, maestro de obra Arcadio Arellano was the first to be engaged by the Americans, serving as consultant to Governor-General William Howard Taft in 1901. More rendered public service through the Bureau of Public Works, most notably the pensionados who received academic scholarships in the U.S.: Carlos Barretto (from the first batch in 1903), Antonio Toledo (1910), Tomas Mapua (1911), and Juan Arellano (1912), who would become the most influential Filipino architect of the time, Their notable works include the Agriculture, Finance and Legislative Buildings, all stately icons of American colonial power.
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