Classical columns and pilasters, cornices, mouldings, rosettes, wall panels, porticos, pergolas, and balustrades.
Fine garden statuary, urns, fountains, period benches and bird baths.
Hundreds of designs to choose from…
For your architectural ornamentation.
A Tradition of Quality and Pride in Craftsmanship..
The House of Precast can trace its roots to the very origin of precasting in the Philippines.
Landmarks such as the columns and entablatures of the Philippine legislature, Manila Post Office, the churches of San Agustin and Santo Domingo, Manila Metropolitan Theater and the De La Salle university building on Taft avenue are just a few of the works of established sculptor Don Isabelo Tampingco and master artisan Inocencio de Leon.
Conrado de Leon, first son of Inocencio de Leon firmly established the The House of Precast in 1950 after serving as apprentice in the shop of Vidal Tampingco, son of Don Isabelo Tampingco, and in the shop of National Artist Guillermo Tolentino thereafter. High standards of quality and the vast experience in the art of sculpture and ornamentation set the firm at the top of its class, adorning the gardens of Malacanang, New Manila and other mansions in Bacolod and Davao.
By the fifties and sixties, The House of Precast had branches in Escolta, Ermita Angela Arcade and Davao. After a lifetime of high productive, non-stop work, he was dubbed as the haute couture of reconstituted stone. Sadly, C. G. de Leon was besieged with a number of ailments when he was in his 70's. This prevented him from spending as much time as he wanted to in the craft that sustained him all his life
This craft did not pass on with him. His art lives on through the able stewardship of his youngest daughter Michelle, who, together with husband Martin now run The House of Precast. Twelve years under their management has seen a turn around in the firm. With six aging employees in 1989, they have grown not only in size but also in the trade.
The management maintains the highest tradition of quality, with a design-production staff who have benefited from the knowledge of second and third generation artisans whose fathers and grandfathers had passed on their craft. This new generation of precasters have managed to introduce new processes in production without jeopardizing the inimitable traditional process of design and execution, maintaining the highest level of craftsmanship in the Philippine Ornamental Arts.
Such exquisite works now adorn the homes of royalty, captains of industry and lovers of fine craftsmanship and grace the most historical of sites (such as the fountains of Fort Santiago), thus embellishing the evolving 21st century landscape of the Philippines. The House of Precast - a legacy embraced, a dream continued.
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