Federico S. Ilustre

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Federico Ilustre graduated from Mapua Institute of Technology
He passed his licensure examinations in 1937
He started his career as a draftsman for Juan Nakpil in 1935 and for Puyat and Sons in 1936 until war broke out
After the war, he joined AFWESPAC (Armed Forces– West Pacific) of the US Army to assist in the infrastructural aspect of rehabilitation
In 1947,he assumed the position as supervising architect for the National Housing Commission
In 1949,he entered Bureau of Public Works as Supervising Architect
In 1954, he was appointed to be Consulting Architect following the retirement of Antonio Toledo. He held this position until the 1970s
Federico Ilustre is best remembered for winning the National Contest for the design of the Quezon Memorial Monument in Quezon City in 1951
He is also credited with the original design of the Legislative Center in the Constitution hills, but it was never constructed due to funding problems
Ilustre's career saw the transition of Civic Architecture from its colonial phase in the twilight years of colonial rule in the Philippines until the development of a separate Filipino Modern Architecture, from its modernist phase to its neo-vernacular phase
This is manifested in his designs when some elements and proportioning from the classical is mixed with the functionality of modern buildings to produce a cross of the best architectural properties of the two

Buildings
Old GSIS Building
Philippine College of Commerce
Manila International Airport
Quezon Memorial Monument