To be able to use the title “Landscape Architect” and
practice Landscape Architecture in the Philippines,
one must be licensed by the Professional Regulation
Commission. The Board of Landscape Architecture conducts
a thorough examination for licensure and handles professional
discipline procedures.
MILESTONES
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| 1962-63 |
The first wave of Filipino landscape
architects trained in the United States arrives.
Among them are:
Anselmo Alquinto
Had a Masters Degree in Landscape
Architecture from the University
of California, Berkeley; worked
for the National Planning Commission;
Salvador Bautista
Had a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture
from the University of California, Berkeley;
Sergio Peñasales
Had a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture
from the University of California, Berkeley;
Dolly Perez
Arrived in January 1963 with a Masters Degree
in Landscape Architecture from the University
of California, Berkeley;
Ildefonso P. Santos Jr.
Then already a member of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, with eight years of
experience working for the firm Cornell, Bridges
and Troller;
Jess Sison
Had post-graduate courses at Cornell University
Santos and Perez are “summoned” by
the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
regarding the use of the term “Landscape
Architect”, claiming it was in violation
of R.A 545;
Then First Lady Eva Macapagal embarks on a “City
Beautiful” movement, arousing civic consciousness
and awareness of Landscape Architecture through
the press; |
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| 1964 |
First attempt to organize an association of Landscape
Architects, fails because the members are too few.
A second attempt is made in 1968 with the arrival
of the second batch of Landscape Architects from
the U.S.A.; |
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| 1971 |
A Department of Landscape Architecture, offering
a four-year undergraduate course, is established
at the University of the Philippines, Diliman,
largely through the efforts of Ildefonso P. Santos
Jr.; |
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| 1977 |
December 8
Nine charter members found the Philippine Association
of Landscape Architects (PALA) at the Architectural
Center Club in Makati City, with the assistance
of Zvi Miller of IFLA and Campbell Miller of
ASLA. The charter members are:
George Abrina;
Zenaida Dela Cruz (now Galingan);
Oscar Lintag;
Sergio Peñasales;
Dolly Perez;
Felix Peronilla, Jr.;
Carlito Pesons;
Ildefonso Santos Jr.;
Jose Velasquez Jr.; |
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| 1978 |
September
PALA is unanimously elected a member of the International
Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) during
the 1978 Regional Conference in Salvador, Brazil; |
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| 1983 |
The PRC recognizes Landscape Architecture as
a profession; |
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| 1985 |
March
The Regional Center for Tropical Landscape Architecture
is established at the University of the Philippines,
Diliman; |
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May
The Specialty Board of Landscape Architecture conducts
its first licensure examinations; |
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| 1989 |
PALA hosts the 27th IFLA World Congress at the
Philippine International Convention Center in Manila; |
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| 1999 |
June
PALA holds its first national convention at the
EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City; |
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| 2001 |
Republic Act 9053, the Landscape Architecture
Bill, was signed into Law, thus creating an independent
Board of Landscape Architecture; |
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| 2003 |
The University of San Carlos in Cebu opens the
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture program,
a four-year undergraduate course, through the efforts
of Omar Maxwell Espina, dean of the College of
Architecture and Fine Arts; |
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| 2004 |
November
PALA holds its second national convention in Cebu
City; |
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| 2006 |
February
PALA holds its third national convention at Fort
Bonifacio in Taguig City; |
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June
Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. is recognized as a National
Artist for Architecture and the Allied Arts,
by the National Commission for Culture and the
Arts |
