This is a publication on Jose Maria V. Zaragoza, who carved out an illustrious career in Philippine Architecture from 1938 until he died in 1994. He is the architect of forty-five churches and Catholic centers around the Philippines including Santo Domingo Church, Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Tala, Don Bosco Church, the Convent of the Pink Sisters, the San Beda Convent, Villa San Miguel, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Posadas Village, and the Union Church, among others.

Zaragoza’s institutional and commercial buildings like the Meralco Building on Ortigas Avenue, the Commercial Bank and Trust Company in Escolta, the Philippine Banking Corporation in Port Area, The Virra Mall in Ortigas, and the first ShoeMart store in Carriedo provide further credence to the versatile expanse of Zaragoza’s modernist repertoire, and his guiding philosophy in life and in his works: for God and for man.