remodeling, restoration, or alteration of a

REVIEWER IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 1 building or group of buildings.

RA 9266 STRUCTURAL CONCEPTUALIZATION

ARCHITECTURE ● Act of conceiving, choosing, and developing

the type, disposition, arrangement and
● Art, science, or profession of planning, proportioning of the structural elements of
designing, and constructing buildings in an architectural work giving due
their totality. consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness,
functionality and aesthetics.
ARCHITECT
ARCHITECTURAL FIRM
● Professionally and academically qualified
● Registered and licensed under this act with ● Sole proprietorship, partnership, or
a Certificate of Registration and corporation
Professional Identification Card
AUTHORSHIP
ARCHITECT-OF-RECORD
● Author or authors of a set of architectural
● Registered and licensed architect directly plans or specifications
and professionally responsible for the total
design of the project. BOARD

ARCHITECT-IN-CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION ● Professional Regulatory Board of

Architecture (BOA)
● Registered and licensed architect directly
responsible and liable for the construction COMMISSION
supervision of the project.
● Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
CONSULTING ARCHITECT
SERVICE AGREEMENT
● Registered and licensed architect with
exceptional or recognized expertise or ● Duly notarized written contract or equivalent
specialization i n any branch of public instrument
architecture. ● Stipulate the scope of services and
guarantee compensation of such services.
GENERAL PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE
INTEGRATED AND ACCREDITED
● Act of planning and architectural designing, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION (IAPOA)
structural conceptualization, specifying,
supervising, and giving general ● Official national organization of all architects
administration, architectural design in in the Philippines
engineering structures or any part thereof
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SCOPE OF THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE
● Sustaining and progressive learning
● Encompasses the provision of professional process that maintains, enhances, or
services in connection with site, physical, increases the knowledge and the continuing
and planning and the design, construction, ability of architects
enlargement, conservation, renovation,
DTI
 ● Department of Trade and Industry ● A two-dimensional representation reflecting
a proposed development or redevelopment
SEC of an enclosed / semi-enclosed or open
area.
● Securities and Exchange Commission
BUILDING
ASSOCIATION
● Structure for the purpose and function of
● Any formal grouping of two or more habitation and other uses.
architects or architectural firms working in
joint venture on a project basis. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY ● Certificate bearing a registration number,

issued to an individual, by the Professional
● Juridical entity that shall be synonymous Regulation Commission through the Board
with an Architectural Partnership registered of Architecture, satisfying that the individual
with the SEC. has successfully passed the licensure
examination and is registered to practice
ARCHITECTURAL CORPORATION
his/her profession as an architect.
● Group of professionals in architecture and
CODE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
allied professions, incorporated with
Architects for the purpose of delivering ● Document which forms part of the
professional service in architecture and Architects’ National Code which contains
allied professions. the norms and principles governing the
● In case an existing architectural corporation practice of the profession of architecture in
does not comply with the 75% composition the highest standards of ethical conduct.
requirement, it shall comply and register
again with the SEC and the BOA. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTS ● Documents attached to the agreement

identified therein as Contract Documents,
● Architectural drawings, specifications, and including all additions, deletions and
other outputs of an architect that only an modifications incorporated therein.
architect can sign and seal.
COPYRIGHT
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIORS
● Intellectual proprietary rights retained by an
● Detailed planning and design of the architect over any architectural documents
indoor/enclosed areas of any proposed or work that he/she prepared.
building or structure.
CPD PROVIDERS
ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERSHIP
● Entities, agencies, organizations and the
● A group of two or more architects duly like have been accredited/registered with
registered with the SEC and then with the the Board of Architecture of the PRC to
Board of Architecture. deliver seminars, lectures, and other
continuing professional education modules
for architects.
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE
 ● A post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure ● Refers to a person whose name and
experience of two years required of a registration/professional license number is
graduate of architecture prior to taking the entered in the Professional Regulation
licensure examination. Commission registry book and
computerized database as one legally
FOREIGN ARCHITECT authorized to practice his profession.

● Architect who is not a Filipino citizen nor an PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD

architect registered and licensed in the
Philippines but who is duly registered and ● document bearing the registration number,
licensed in his or her home country. date of issuance with an expiry date, due for
periodic renewal, duly signed by the
FILIPINO COUNTERPART Chairperson of the PRC to a registered
Architect upon payment of the annual
● Local Philippine architect, partnership or registration fees for three (3) years.
corporation that must work in association
with a foreign architect, partnership, or SITE PLANNING
corporation on a project on Philippine soil.
● detailed site development planning of all
OWNERSHIP areas surrounding a building/structure
and/or a group of buildings/structures but
● Refers to proprietary rights to an only within the property limits of the land on
architectural work such as plans, designs which such buildings/structures are to be
and other documents by a person or erected.
juridical entity who commissions the
Architect STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

PLANNING ● Document embodied in the Architects

National Code, which defines all aspects of
● Refers to physical planning at site, professional service, prescribes minimum
community or urban level by an architect. basic fees and establishes the rights and
obligations of both the Architect and the
PHYSICAL PLANNER
client.
● Refers to an Architect who specializes in the
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
detailed physical planning of land or
property. ● an individual Architect practicing and
delivering architectural services, duly
PHYSICAL PLANNING
registered with the DTI, BOA and the PRC.
● Detailed physical planning of land or
SPECIALIZATION
property on which vertical structures such
as buildings, monuments and/or structures ● expertise and special knowledge in the field
and horizontal developments such as of architecture acquired by an Architect
rights-of-way, open spaces and recreational/ through formal education and training or
sports/ establishments/ tourism and related through continuing professional
facilities are to be proposed. development and experience, for which the
Architect may be engaged as Consulting
Architect.
PROFESSIONAL
SYLLABI
● the outlines embodying topics and concepts
of major subjects prescribed in a specific
course of study to serve as basis for test
questions in the licensure examinations.
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I. RULE I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

 SECTION 106. DEFINITIONS ● CONSTRUCTION
● ADDITION - All on-site work done in the site preparation,
- Any new construction which increases the excavation, foundation, assembly of all the
height and/or floor area of existing components and installation of utilities,
structures. machineries and equipment of
buildings/structures.
● AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT
- Refers to the various units of government ● CONVERSION
building. - A change in the use or occupancy of
buildings/structures or any portion/s thereof,
● ALTERATION which has different requirements.
- involve changes in the materials used, size
of openings, structural parts, existing utilities ● DEMOLITION
but does not increase the building height or - The systematic dismantling or destruction of
floor area. a building/structure, in whole or in part.

● APPLICATION FORMS ● DEPARTMENT

- preformatted prescribed application form - The Department of Public Works and
duly accomplished. Highways (DPWH)

● APPLICANT/PERMITTEE ● EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

- Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, - The Executive Officer or Head of the
head of government or private institution, NBCDO.
organization of any character applying for
the issuance of permits and certificates. ● MOVING
- The transfer of buildings/structures or
● BUILDING OFFICIAL portion/s thereof from original location or
- the Executive Officer of the OBO appointed position to another, either within the same
by the Secretary. lot or to a different one.

● BUILDING PERMIT ● OFFICE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL

- A document issued by the Building Official (OBO)
(BO) to an owner/applicant to proceed with - The Office authorized to enforce the
the construction, installation, addition, provisions of the Code and its IRR in the
alteration, renovation, conversion, repair, field as well as the enforcement of orders
moving, demolition or other work activity of and decisions made pursuant thereto.
a specific project/building/structure,
- Should be satisfactory and substantially ● REFERRAL CODES
conforming with the National Building Code - The applicable provisions of the various
of the Philippines (the Code) and its agency and technical professional codes
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). that are supplementary to the Code.

● CODE ● RENOVATION
- PD 1096, otherwise known as the National
Building Code of the Philippines.
 - Any physical change made on
buildings/structures to increase the value,
quality, and/or to improve the aesthetic.

● REPAIR
- Remedial work done on any damaged or
deteriorated portion/s of building/structure to
restore to its original condition.

● SECRETARY
- Head or Chief Executive Officer of DPWH.
- MANUEL M. BONOAN

● STAFF
- The personnel of the National Building Code
Development Office (NBCDO).

II. RULE II - ADMINISTRATION AND

ENFORCEMENT

● SECTION 201. RESPONSIBILITY FOR

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- The administration and enforcement of the
provisions of the Code and this IRR,
including the imposition of penalties for
administrative violations thereof, is hereby
vested in the Secretary.

● SECTION 202. TECHNICAL STAFF

1. Assist the Secretary in the administration
and enforcement of the provisions of the
Code and its IRR.
2. Review, evaluate and take final action on
various technical and legal problems
forwarded to the Office of the Secretary.
3. Conduct seminars and workshops on the
Code, its IRR, and Batas Pambansa Blg.
344 (Accessibility Law).
4. 4. Undertake such other duties and tasks as
may be assigned by the Secretary from time
to time.

● SECTION 203. GENERAL POWERS AND

FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY
1.