Blog Posts on heritage structures

Together we can by Architecture Overload on Oct 8, 2011Together We Canby:Architect Melva Rodriguez-Java, FUAPWhy has there been such an outcry against the proposed flyovers on Gorordo Avenue?The banner headline of Cebu Daily News last October 3 was arresting: “DROP FLYOVERS FOR THE NUNS?” Who are the...

300-year old Paoay Church to get facelift by Architecture Overload on Mar 17, 2011Please help stop the desecration of a World Heritage structure. One of the few remaining treasures that we have.Let us do something about this:..... MANILA, March 15, 2011— The provincial government of Ilocos Norte announced a plan to restore an...

Joint Statement of the Heritage Conservation Society and ICOMOS Philippines on the Dingras Church by Architecture Overload on Feb 4, 2009The Tale of Two FacadesThe Planned Demolition of our the Historic Dingras Church FacadeA call to arms and a sound of alarms! Once again, a historic structure in our country is threatened. What makes it even more alarming is that it happens in the sam...

PARISH OF SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH, PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE by Architecture Overload on Jan 30, 2009A massive stone baroque church, the Paoay Church is well known for its massive and imposing character given to it by its large overpowering buttresses. The buttresses alone are a visual spectacle. They line the sides of the church with each one a rhy...