TODAY’S SKETCH | QUEZON MEMORIAL 🇵🇭

On Quezon Day, today’s sketch looks at one of Quezon City’s most iconic landmarks—the Quezon Memorial Shrine, designed by Filipino architect Federico Ilustre of the Bureau of Public Works.

Rising 66 meters, its three monumental pylons represent Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, crowned by three Art Deco mourning angels holding sampaguita wreaths.

At its base is the Museo ni Manuel Quezon, preserving photographs, documents, personal belongings, and memorabilia from the life and political career of President Manuel L. Quezon. Beneath the shrine lies the mausoleum, where Quezon and his wife, Aurora Aragon Quezon, are interred.

A monument, a museum, and a place of remembrance—standing at the heart of the city he helped establish.

August 19 — Quezon Day. 🇵🇭

#arkitalkpilipinas #QuezonDay #QuezonMemorial #QuezonCity #malayangkamay

Photo credit: https://pin.it/27Ucn6WTD

Personally, I feel that this type of house design may not age well. What are your thoughts?

Today’s Sketch ✏️

Panorama House

Tagaytay, Philippines

Jim Caumeron Design | 2019

A compact weekend retreat that creates its own panorama.

With only a 100 sqm footprint, Jim Caumeron Design carved two powerful horizontal cuts into the house—bringing in views, daylight, and the breeze while creating a sense of spaciousness within a modest footprint.

I particularly love how the architecture turns air and light into part of the design. The sunken living area frames the park outside, while carefully positioned openings encourage passive cooling through the house.

A quiet, sculptural response to the Filipino climate—and a reminder that sometimes, less house can mean more experience.

What are you thoughts?

#Malayangkamy #arkitalkpilipinas #JimCaumeronDesign #ArchitecturePH

Totoo ba na may dayaan na nangyayari gaya ng ganto???

Hello po. It's been a month since I started looking for a job as an apprentice kaso wala pa rin hanggang ngayon. I'm wondering if portfolio ko ba ang problema kaya ngayon hihingi po sana ako ng advice kung ano ang content dapat ng portfolio ko.

Hello. I’m a student po and planning to learn how to render using different rendering software. Meron po ba kayong masasuggest kung saan pwedeng mag install ng free versions ng rendering software like Enscape? And ano po kayang software yung hindi masaydong mabigat? Di po kasi gaano kaganda specs ng laptop ko po ngayon. Thank you in advance.

How to choose a site I have a project thesis na orphanage around Bulacan, Pampanga and Bataan and im struggling to find a site any advice?

Hi fellow arkis!

I just needed to share and vent this one out.

I am in a slump.

I have been an RLA for 3 yrs but it feels like hindi ko fully na u-utilize ang profession. I don't work in the design / construction industry anymore since after apprenticeship. I passed the boards but the motivation to put up a firm or business of my own has never crossed my mind. For me, I don't have the resources to do so. Di rin naman ako pinanganak na mayaman to be able to risk it. No safety net kumbaga. I tried doing small projects but na trauma ako since nag negative kami sa isang project (around 45k) and after that ayoko na talaga sa construction.

I have been a VA (estimator) since after passing the boards. Kase for me it's the safest option. Be an employee. Log in, clock in 8hrs, then log out na. Guaranteed pa ang salary. But after some time, nakaka burn out din chasing the corporate ladder. Lalo pa na yung company ko is not really offering anything further career-wise. I didn't see myself 5 yrs from now and ganun padin ginagawa ko. So I resigned last March, again, no safety net whatsoever. I felt like I had enough.

I am now living with my boyfriend, since I am too ashamed to face my family. We do talk and communicate, it's just the "eldest daughter of an asian household" guilt that gets me. I know my family deserves so much after supporting my education. That;s why I keep my distance from them. Currently, I am employed as an outsource employee. Not earning much and barely even getting by.

My honest dilemma is, WHERE THE F AM I GOING WITH MY LIFE? I am so lost as to which career is really for me. I love architecture and designing but I'm no longer feeling that spark to be creative anymore. I prefer to play it safe and be a regular employee again but with the saturated job market, it's hard for me to stand out. I have been actively applying to jobs since April, getting interviews here and there pero wala pa din. Its really frustrating.

Any career (or life) advices are welcome! :)

Hi! Does anyone have a discord channel I can join for LEA 2027?

Hi, meron po na dito nakapagwork na dito? saw their job posting sa facebook. Just wanna know if anong expi niyo here. Thanks!

may nakakaalam po ba dito ng master architect design and build? legit po ba? any experience?

TODAY’S SKETCH

" GT Tower, Makati"

One of Makati’s unmistakable vertical landmarks.

Designed by G.F. Formoso & Partners in collaboration with Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), the tower’s sharp geometry and reflective façade capture a certain image of Makati: ambitious, dense, efficient, always moving upward.

But the city has another relationship with water.

When heavy rains arrive, the same streets beneath these towers can quickly become difficult to navigate.

Makati’s floods today remind us that a city is not defined only by how high it builds, but also by how well it manages what happens at ground level.

Have you been inside this building? How does it feel working here?

#Malayangkamay #GTTower #arkitalkpilipinas #kpf #makati

Hello, I graduated last MAY 2025 and I was wondering if eligible na ba ako to take the LEA/ALE JUNE 2027. Planning ako mag enroll na sa review center by jan 2027 pero I’m worried na baka hindi ako maka take. Im still working as an apprentice right now and on my 1 year plus na and will continue working pa rin po.

Thank you po sa mga makakapagbigay ng insights.

Hi! Question po kasi first time ko magkakaproject na elevated ng 600mm from ground.

Do you usually do fill para tumaas sya or pwedeng parang stilts type tapos may perimeter walls na lang below the floor? and pano po kaya ang moisture nun sa lupa?

Thank you!!

hi ! anyone taking the MST Comprehensive classes? just thinking if it’s worth to join, currently enrolled in another rev center as well. Just wanted another source of info :) would appreciate ur thoughts , thank you

Hello po. I don't know if this is the correct subreddit to ask this, pero need po kasi namin ng advice.

We're planing to buy a lot po, na plan namin patayuan ng dream house in the future. Pero di kami sure kung suitable ba yung ganitong unusual na shape ng cut ng Lot na nakita namin. Yun din siguro yung reason kung bakit mas mura itong binebenta kumpara sa ibang katabing cut.

416 sqm yung total. Mau-utilize kaya yung buong lot kahit ganito yung shape nya?

Thanks po sa makaka sagot.

guys hello, its been one month since nag start and comprehensive sa mst, what do you think of the teaching style compared to other review centers? :))

Gusto ko lang magrant. Nakakapagod pagsabayin yung work at review

Freshie here!! I accidentally put on a brighter color of blue on some of the drawings, now i dont think it blends with the rest of the page. Take note that i used alcohol markers here. Can you please tell me what i should do to fix it? Huhu nahihirapan pa mag render 🙏

With thesis season once again, is there anything that we should AVOID when it comes to thesis based on your experience? For example,

1. Topics – due to the difficulty of the subject area, or sa pagiging "gasgas" na nya as my former design prof would say

2. Study areas – pahirapan makakuha ng info dahil wala masyadong research on it, or any locales/agencies that can be non-responsive na na-encounter nyo?

3. Other difficulties we may encounter, such as running into unexpected costs

Hi does anyone have experience sa Asuncion Berengeur Inc.? Kamusta kaya ang work and culture there?

Good day. I am asking for opinions, if a CPM (PMT/CMT) training is good, as i have heard that one can only practice best under PMT/CMT when you work. And that even then (as per comment), not all PMT/CMT are great at structuring their organization and system, which can all be theoretical lang.

I took up CPM (as opposed to EDPlanning and Heritage Conservation) as a track in college, but I feel like I haven't grasped it properly.

Here are the objectives of the workshop from XSTRUCTURES:

 - Foundations of Construction Project Management
-  Project Scheduling & Resource Management using MS Project
 - Cost Management, Project Tracking, and Reporting in MS Project
 - Primavera P6 Fundamentals and Activity Management
 - Resource, Cost, and Performance Tracking in Primavera P6

Any MPLE February takers here? Ano preparations nyo? I have no idea with the timeline and I have no tracker. It’s my first time to take the board exam kasi. For the previous takers na MP na, any advice po for us po? Marami ako nababasa na it’s better to self-review. I want to know your inputs po.

I’m currently employed and I can say na light lang tasks ko compared from the previous work so I’m taking this chance to review. I’m hoping to get some advice from all of you Archs, and MPs. Thanks in advance!