Mapua Institute of Technology

Location: Mapúa University, Tomas Mapua Hall, Muralla Street, Intramuros, Manila
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 21 December 1989

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text (Filipino):

TOMAS MAPUA

(1888-1965)

EDUKADOR AT KAUNA-UNAHANG REHISTRADONG ARKITEKTO. IPINANGANAK SA MAYNILA, DISYEMBRE 21, 1888. NAG-ARAL SA ATENEO DE MANILA AT LICEO DE MANILA. NAGTAPOS SA SEKONDARYANG EDUKASYON SA BOONES PREPARATORY SCHOOL SA BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1907. NAGKAMIT NG TITULONG BATSILYER SA ARKITEKTURA, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1911. NAGSIMULA BILANG DRAFTSMAN, 1912-1913 AT PAGKARAAN NAGING TAGAPAMAHALANG ARKITEKTO, 1917-1928 SA KAWANIHAN NG GAWAING BAYAN. NAMAHALA SA PAGPAPATAYO NG ILANG GUSALING PAMPAMAHALAAN. NAGTATAG NG MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ENERO 1925. KA-TAGAPAGTATAG AT ISA SA MGA NAGING PANGULO NG PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. ISA RIN SA MGA KONSEHAL NG MAYNILA. TUMANGGAP NG GINTONG MEDALYA BILANG PAPURI AT KATIBAYAN SA PARANGAL MULA SA PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AT PARANGAL PANGKALINANGAN SA ARKITEKTURA NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA, 1964. NAMATAY, DISYEMBRE 22, 1965.

Marker text (English):

TOMAS MAPUA

(1888-1965)

EDUCATOR AND FIRST REGISTRERED ARCHITECT. BORN IN MANILA, DISYEMBRE 21, 1888. STUDIED IN ATENEO DE MANILA AND LICEO DE MANILA. COMPLETED SECONDARY EDUCATION AT BOONES PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1907. OBTAINED DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN ARCHITECTURE, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1911. STARTED AS DRAFTSMAN, 1912-1913 AND THEN BECAME SUPERVISING ARCHITECT, 1917-1928 AT BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS. SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ESTABLISHED MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ENERO 1925. CO-FOUNDER AND ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST COUNCILORS OF MANILA AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR AND A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BY THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND CULTURAL AWARD IN ARCHITECTURE BY THE CITY OF MANILA, 1964. DIED, DISYEMBRE 22, 1965.