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    The term "edifice complex" was coined in the 1970s to describe Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos' practice of using publicly funded construction projects...
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    – a propaganda practice, which eventually came to be known as her "edifice complex". She and her husband stole billions of pesos from the Filipino people...
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    called the Marcoses' "edifice complex"—described by architectural historian Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of...
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    'edifice complex'". Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2020. Lico, Gerard (January 30, 2003). Edifice Complex: Power...
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    these grandiosely designed projects were eventually labeled her "edifice complex". The Philippine economy under Ferdinand Marcos faced its first major...
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  • the happiness or well-being of one or more of these individuals. The edifice complex is a sense that with retirement comes the end of a legacy. More deeply...
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    Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay, Philippines. The structure was designed by architect Froilan Hong where its edifice is supported on more than...
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    Imelda's "edifice complex". A comprehensive master plan for the development of the complex was unveiled in 2003. The plan would divide the CCP Complex into...
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    referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex," defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness...
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    Mrs. Marcos' “edifice complex”, a term popularized by architectural historian Gerard Lico as the "obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark...
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    referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex," defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness...
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    year, and is considered one of the examples of the Marcos couple's "edifice complex" fondness for the use of construction projects as political propaganda...
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    structures built during the time of Marcos were associated with the "edifice complex" of the Marcoses. In 1938, President Manuel L. Quezon made a decision...
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  • examples of the Marcos era edifice complex projects include the buildings of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex (conceived in 1966), and the...
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  • "Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals". GMA News. Lico, Gerard (2003). Edifice Complex: Power, Myth, and Marcos State Architecture...
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  • and nature of these departments may have changed since 1992.) The Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power, By Deyan Sudjic, Penguin, April 7, 2011...
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    World. Retrieved May 14, 2018. "Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals". GMA News Online. September 20, 2012. Retrieved May...
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    poverty and corruption, was seen as symptomatic of the First Lady's edifice complex, a charge Imelda has nevertheless welcomed in her later years. The...
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    Building (redirect from Edifice)
    A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory...
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    2016. Retrieved May 14, 2018. "Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'Edifice Complex' of Hospitals". GMA News Online. September 20, 2012. Retrieved May...
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    2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016. "New York Metro Short List: Trump's Edifice Complex". Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016...
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    Unity (Haus der Geschichte), 2022. Martin Filler (August 30, 1998), Edifice Complex: The new Germany must find an architecture that won't evoke the old...
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    2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Afinidad-Bernardo, By Deni Rose M. "Edifice complex | 31 years of amnesia". newslab.philstar.com. Retrieved 2018-03-26...
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    institute thus became associated with the administration's supposed "edifice complex" - propaganda projects designed to be impressive showcases of the administration's...
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     261. Headley, Gwyn; Meulenkamp, Wim (2020). The English Folly The Edifice Complex. Liverpool University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1800346727. Seaton Delaval...
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    2017. Retrieved May 2, 2018. "Masagana 99, Nutribun, and Imelda's 'edifice complex' of hospitals". GMA News and Public Affairs. January 22, 2016. Retrieved...
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    Cultural Center of the Philippines complex, has been associated with what has been termed Imelda Marcos' "edifice complex," which writer Gerard Lico defined...
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    safeguards to protect Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. while the latter was at the MIA complex." Under the plan codenamed Oplan Balikbayan, alternative routes were prepared...
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    government funds and was soon cited as a prominent example of Marcos' Edifice Complex excesses. The palace was completed in time for Pope John Paul II's...
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    state of New York. (Some of his detractors claimed that he had an "Edifice Complex".) He was personally interested in the planning, design, and construction...
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