Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE Resolution NO. 11, S. 2000)
The title of the resolution is PRC Board of Architecture Resolution No. 11, S. 2000, adopting and promulgating the Architectural Code of the Philippines.
He pointed out the lack of a comprehensive code for the architectural profession in the Philippines and stressed the need for the formulation of such a code.
It was compiled over a period of one year of painstaking and diligent work by the members of the Architectural Code Committee.
The National Planning Code Review Committee on Architectural and Urban Planning reviewed it and found it ready for adoption and publication.
Section 201, Chapter 2, of Presidential Decree No. 1096 (the National Building Code) provides this authority.
The Code takes liberally from the provisions of the National Building Code (P.D. 1096) and the Unified Building Code (UBC) Series of 1997, and includes new sections like Architectural Heritage and Information Technology.
Rosario Encarnacion-Tan and Augusto Villalon authored the Architectural Heritage section, while Ramon L. Abiera and Federico A. Gregorio worked on the Information Technology section.
The resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, whichever is earlier.
The Board recommends to the Secretary of Public Works and Highways the approval and incorporation of the Architectural Code as a referral Code in the National Building Code.
The Code is meant to bring together many pertinent documents, rules, and procedures governing the practice of architecture in the country and provide direction to architects in their professional practice.