LANTAWAN: Official publication of USC-CAFA

Get yourself a copy of LANTAWAN, the official publication of the University of San Carlos, College of Architecture and Fine Arts (USC-CAFA).

Here is a note from the LANTAWAN editor-in-chief, Bro. Bela Lanyi, SVD:

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Obviously, architecture and fine arts create the scene for community consciousness. The intellectual dimension of architecture and fine arts is the question of Filipino Architecture. LANTAWAN delivers a variety of contributions to this: authors explain, criticize, or even deny the necessity of a Filipino Architecture. May readers form their own opinion on this topic! May LANTAWAN create an atmosphere, a forum, of open discussion! There are open questions: Is Filipino Architecture a national or a regional architecture? Does it unify Filipinos or does it compromise local initiatives with the benefit of the whole country? Moreover, we should not forget about another, rather practical dimension of architecture for community consciousness: the urban heritage. LANTAWAN tries to highlight the urban consequences of so many centuries of Cebu history. What might be the solutions for a better future, even on the level of city ordinances?

As a regional architectural-cultural journal, LANTAWAN extends the local reality beyond all usual boundaries, in particular beyond professional and geographical boundaries. Everybody is invited to read LANTAWAN, to participate in it, because architecture and fine arts are anyone’s matter. A special zest is given by the fact that the editor is a foreigner. His commitment as Divine Word Missionary (SVD) transcends even another boundary between spirituality and “practical life,” between Church as commissioner and artists as performers.
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For copies, contact the Dean:

ESPINA, OMAR MAXWELL PEREZ
Dean - Architecture and Fine Arts
ompespina@usc.edu.ph