Today, May 7, is the 32nd death anniversary of National Artist for Architecture Juan F. Nakpil.

In 1922, he obtained a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas and entered the prestigious Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France.

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In 1925, he enrolled at the Harvard Graduate School for Architecture.

Nakpil designed the 1937 International Eucharistic Congress Altar and rebuilt and enlarged the Quiapo Church in 1930.

He was named a National Artist in 1973. —Justine Mirandilla, Inquirer Intern

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