Pedro Siochi was a Philippine architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks in the Philippines.

Background

Pedro Siochi y Angeles was a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks and structures in the Philippines. He was born in 1886 in Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines.

Pedro Siochi

Education

Siochi attended the University of Ghent in Belgium. He later worked with the Philippine Bureau of Engineering and Construction.

Pedro Siochi

Career

Pedro Siochi and Company

Siochi was the founder and owner of the architecture firm Pedro Siochi and Company, Inc.

Pedro Siochi

Notable works

Among the significant works of Pedro Siochi and Company are famous Philippine landmarks, namely: Talavera River Irrigation System in Bulacan Province (1923) Culasi Port in Roxas City (1926) Manila Central Post Office (1926) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano and Arch. Tomás Mapúa (1926) Legislative Building (1926) with Arch. Ralph Harrington Doane, Arch. Antonio Toledo, And Arch. Juan M. Arellano Manila Metropolitan Theater (1931) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano St. Cecilia's Hall of St. Scholastica's College (1932) with Arch. Andres Luna San Pedro Taal Vista Lodge in Laguna (1937–39) with Andres Luna de San Pedro Cebu Provincial Capitol (1938) with Juan M. Arellano Caliraya Dam in Laguna (1939) Santa Catalina College (1952).

Death

Siochi passed away in 1951 in Manila, the Philippines.

See also

Manila Metropolitan Theater

Manila Central Post Office

Legislative Building

Cebu Provincial Capitol

Caliraya Dam

References

1886 births

1951 deaths

Filipino people of Japanese descent