UST Main Building

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Renaissance Revival building academic building earthquake-resistant building heritage building university building

The UST Main Building is the historic, iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, renowned as the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines and a prime example of Renaissance Revival architecture.

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Label	Occurrences
UST Main Building canonical	7

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance Revival building ⓘ academic building ⓘ earthquake-resistant building ⓘ heritage building ⓘ university building ⓘ
affiliation	Dominican friars ⓘ surface form: Dominican Order Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
architect	Fr. Roque Ruaño ⓘ Fr. Roque Ruaño ⓘ surface form: Roque Ruaño, O.P.
architectNationality	Spanish ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco elements ⓘ Renaissance Revival architecture ⓘ
campusRole	central landmark of the UST campus ⓘ
city	Manila ⓘ
completionDate	1927 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
designedFor	earthquake resistance ⓘ
era	American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ
function	administration offices ⓘ chapel ⓘ classrooms ⓘ museum space ⓘ
hasFeature	central tower ⓘ courtyard ⓘ ornamental façade ⓘ statues on rooftop ⓘ
hasPart	University of Santo Tomas ⓘ surface form: Central Administration offices of the University of Santo Tomas Faculty rooms ⓘ UST Museum ⓘ UST Museum of Arts and Sciences ⓘ chapel ⓘ classrooms ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines ⓘ surface form: National Cultural Treasure
heritageDesignationBy	National Museum of the Philippines ⓘ
heritageStatus	National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines ⓘ
locatedIn	Sampaloc, Manila ⓘ University of Santo Tomas ⓘ surface form: University of Santo Tomas campus
locatedOn	España Boulevard ⓘ
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ
name	Main Building ⓘ University of Santo Tomas ⓘ surface form: Main Building of the University of Santo Tomas UST Main Building self-link ⓘ
notableFor	being an iconic centerpiece of the University of Santo Tomas campus ⓘ being the first earthquake-resistant building in the Philippines ⓘ its Renaissance Revival architectural style ⓘ
openingDate	1927 ⓘ
operator	University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
owner	University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
partOf	University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
region	Metro Manila ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Dominican ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic
startDateOfConstruction	1924 ⓘ
structuralSystem	reinforced concrete frame ⓘ
symbolOf	Catholic higher education in the Philippines ⓘ University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
usedFor	academic instruction ⓘ administrative functions ⓘ university ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Santo Tomas → hasFacility → UST Main Building ⓘ

UST → hasFacility → UST Main Building ⓘ

subject surface form: University of Santo Tomas

UST Main Building → name → UST Main Building self-link ⓘ

UST Museum of Arts and Sciences → hasMainBuilding → UST Main Building ⓘ

UST Museum of Arts and Sciences → locatedInBuilding → UST Main Building ⓘ

UST Main Building declared a National Cultural Treasure → appliesTo → UST Main Building ⓘ

España Boulevard → hasNearbyLandmark → UST Main Building ⓘ