Parish Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Quezon CityParish Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Quezon City is a Important Cultural Property, National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Work of National Artist for Architecture Leandro V. Locsin located at Quezon City, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
The IHMP church was designed by Architect Leandro Locsin, the National Artist and designer of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1975. Architect Locsin conceptualized and designed the IHMP Church building before he worked on the design of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The IHMP church is reputedly the last religious building Locsin designed. Designed as a “salakot”, the Filipino native hat, the building is the only one of its kind in the country!
It is a landmark in Metro Manila and as Locsin visualized it, the IHMP church should not only be spiritually edifying but it should also evoke the stirrings of nationalism among the parishioners and all church goers. Hence, the building does not only look Filipino from the outside but from the inside as well, as Locsin wanted the IHMP church to project the soul and spirit of the Filipino(.)
On May 3, 1970, Fr. Ignacio A. Blanco, CMF officiated in the laying of the IHMP church cornerstone and two years later on May 1972, the first Mass was celebrated even if the construction of the church was on-going. On May 27, 1977, the IHMP church was inaugurated concurrent with the installation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as patroness of the parish. (Source: http://www.claretphilippines.com/immaculate-heart-of-mary-parish)