Rule 1 Flashcards
Title, Policy Statement, Definition of Terms, Scope of Practice
This rule establishes the general provisions
of RA 9266, including the act’s title, guiding
principles, and definitions critical to its
interpretation.
Rule 1
Section 1
Title
An act providing for a more responsive and
comprehensive regulation for the
Registration, Licensing and Practice of
Architecture, repealing for the purpose
Republic Act No. 545, as amended, otherwise
known as “An Act to Regulate the Practice of
Architecture in the Philippines,” and for
other purposes
The Architecture Act of 2004
Section 2
Statement of Policy
The State recognizes the importance of
architects in nation-building and
development. Hence, it shall develop and
nurture competent, virtuous, productive, and
well-rounded professional architects whose
standards of practice and service shall be
excellent, qualitative, world-class, and
globally competitive through inviolable,
honest, effective, and credible licensure
examinations and through regulatory
measures, programs, and activities that foster
their professional growth and development.
Statement of Policy
The art, science or profession of planning,
designing and constructing buildings in their
totality taking into account their environment,
in accordance with the principles of utility,
strength and beauty
Architecture
means a person professionally and
academically qualified, registered and
licensed under R.A. No. 9266 with a Certificate
of Registration and Professional Identification
Card issued by the Professional Regulatory
Board of Architecture and the Professional
Regulation Commission, and who is
responsible for advocating the fair and
sustainable development, welfare and cultural
expression of society’s habitat in terms of
space, forms and historical context;
Architect
Registered and licensed
under RA 9266
* Total design of the project
* Civilly liable for plans,
specification, and contract
documents signed and
sealed
Architect of Record
Registered and licensed
under RA 9266
* Liable for project
construction supervision
Architect-in-charge-of-construction
Registered and licensed
under RA 9266
* Professionally and
academically qualified
* With exceptional
expertise/specialization in
any architecture branch
Consulting Architect
a registered and licensed Architect, who is
academically and professionally qualified, and
with exceptional or recognized expertise or
specialization in any branch of architecture;
the Consulting Architect assumes no civil
liability under Art. 1723 of the Civil Code unless
he/she attempts and/or succeeds to interfere
or contravene the legal and professional
functions of the Architect-of-Record; the
Consulting Architect assumes the normal civil
liability under the service agreement he/she
signs with a Client.
Consulting Architect
the act of planning and architectural
designing, structural conceptualization,
specifying, supervising and giving general
administration and responsible direction to
the erection, enlargement or alterations of
buildings and building environments and
architectural design in engineering structures
or any part thereof;
General Practice of Architecture
the scientific, aesthetic and orderly
coordination of all the processes which enter
into the production of a complete building or
structure performed through the medium of
unbiased preliminary studies of plans,
consultations, specifications, conferences,
evaluations, investigations, contract
documents and oral advice and directions
General Practice of Architecture
regardless of whether the persons engaged in
such practice are residents of the Philippines
or have their principal office or place of
business in this country or another territory,
and regardless of whether such persons are
performing one or all these duties, or whether
such duties are performed in person or as the
directing head of an office or organization
performing them;
General Practice of Architecture
encompasses the provision of professional
services in connection with site, physical and
planning and the design, construction,
enlargement, conservation, renovation,
remodeling, restoration or alteration of a
building or group of buildings.
Scope of the Practice of Architecture
means the act of conceiving, choosing, and
developing the type, disposition, arrangement,
and proportioning of the structural elements
of an architectural work giving due
consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness,
functionality, and aesthetics
Structural Conceptualization
means a sole proprietorship, a partnership or
a corporation registered with the DTI AND/OR
SEC and then with the Board of Architecture
and PRC
Architectural Firm
refers to the author or authors of a set of
architectural plans or specifications who are
in charge of their preparation whether made
by them personally or under their immediate
supervision
Authorship
refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of
Architecture
Board
means the Professional Regulation
Commission
Commission
means a duly notarized written contract or
equivalent public instrument stipulating the
scope of services and guaranteeing
compensation of such services to be rendered
by an architect registered and licensed under
R.A. No. 9266
Violation of the Service Agreement is a basis
for a civil liability under Art. 1723 of the Civil
Code unless he/she attempts and/or succeeds
to interfere or contravene the legal and
professional functions of the Architect-of-
Record: the Consulting Architect.
Service Agreement
means the existing official national
organization of all architects of the
Philippines in which all registered Filipino
architects shall be members without prejudice
to membership in other voluntary professional
associations
Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (IAPOA)
refers to a sustaining and progressive learning
process that maintains, enhances, or increases
the knowledge and continuing ability of
architects
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
any formal grouping of two or more architects
or architectural firms working in joint venture
on a project basis
Association
means a juridical entity that shall be
synonymous with an Architectural Partnership
(see definition of Architectural Partnership)
registered with the SEC.
Architectural Company
means a group of professionals in architecture
and allied professions, incorporated with
Architects for the purpose of delivering
professional service in architecture and allied
professions; in case an existing Architectural
Corporation does not comply with the 75%
composition requirement, it shall comply and
register again with the SEC and the BOA.
Architecture Corporation
means architectural drawings, specifications,
and other outputs of an Architect that only an
Architect can sign and seal consisting, among
others, of vicinity maps, site development
plans, architectural programs, perspective
drawings, architectural floor plans, elevations,
sections, ceiling plans, schedules, detailed
drawings, technical specifications and cost
estimates, and other instruments of service in
any form
Architectural Documents
means a detailed planning and design of the
indoor/enclosed areas of any proposed
building/structure, including retrofit or
renovation work and which shall cover all
architectural and utility aspects, including the
architectural lay-outing of all building
engineering systems found therein.
Architectural Interiors
means a group of two or more Architects duly
registered with the SEC and then with the
Board of Architecture.
Architectural Partnership
means a two (2)-dimensional representation
reflecting a proposed development/
redevelopment of an enclosed/ semi-enclosed
or open area showing features or elements
such as columns, walls, partitions, ceiling,
stairs, doors, windows, floors, roof, room
designations, door and window call-outs, the
architectural layout of equipment, furnishings,
furniture and the like, specifications callouts,
elevation references, drawing references and
the like;
Architectural Plans
the architectural plan is the representation of
a lateral section for a proposed building/
structure (running parallel to the ground) and
at a height of from 1.0 – 1.5 meters above the
finished floor;
Architectural Plans
the term may also collectively refer to other
architectural designs such as cross/
longitudinal sections, elevations, roof plan,
reflected ceiling plan; detailed sections and
elevations showing architectural interiors,
detailed architectural designs, door and
window schedules, other architectural
finishing schedules and the like.
Architectural Plans
means a structure for the purpose and
function of habitation and other uses.
Building
means a certificate bearing a registration
number, issued to an individual, by the
Professional Regulation Commission through
the Board of Architecture, signifying that the
individual has successfully passed the
Licensure Examination and is registered to
practice his/her profession as Architect.
Certificate of Registration
means a document which forms part of the
Architects’ National Code which contains the
norms and principles governing the practice of
the profession of architecture in the highest
standards of ethical conduct
Code of Ethical Conduct
are the documents attached to the agreement
identified therein as Contract Documents,
including all additions, deletions and
modifications incorporated therein. These
generally include the following documents:
a) Special Provisions or conditions
b) General Conditions
c) Drawings
d) Specifications
e) Other Bid Documents
Contract Documents
shall refer to the intellectual proprietary rights
retained by an Architect over any architectural
documents/ work that he/she prepares unless
there is a written stipulation to the contrary,
copyright in a work of architecture shall include
the right to control the erection of any building
which reproduces the whole or a substantial part
of the work either in its original form or in any
form recognizably derived from the original;
however, the copyright in any such work shall
not include the right to control the
reconstruction or rehabilitation in the same style
as the original of a building to which the
copyright relates
Copyright/Copyright Ownership
means entities, agencies, organizations and
the like that have been accredited/registered
with the Board of Architecture of the
Professional Regulation Commission to deliver
seminars, lectures, and other continuing
professional education modules for architects,
other than the Integrated Accredited
Professional Organization of Architects which
is automatically accredited by the Board of
Architecture as a CPD Provider
CPD Providers
a post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure
experience of two (2) years required of a
graduate of architecture prior to taking the
licensure examination; consisting of a
variation of experiences in the different
phases of architectural service.
Diversified Architecture Experience
means an architect who is not a Filipino
citizen nor an Architect registered and
licensed in the Philippines, but who is duly
registered and licensed in his/her home
country as an Architect
Foreign Architect
the local Philippine architect, partnership or
corporation that must work in association with
a foreign architect, partnership or corporation,
on a project on Philippine soil
Filipino Counterpart
shall refer to proprietary rights to an
architectural work such as plans, designs and
other documents by a person/juridical entity
who commissions the Architect and whose
ownership of an architectural work by such a
person/juridical entity shall only be confined to
the use of the architectural documents for
executing/implementing the work described
therein for one (1) or the original project;
ownership shall not apply to the use of a part of
or of the entire architectural work/architectural
documents to repetitions or to subsequent
projects
Ownership
refers to physical planning at site, community
or urban level by an Architect
Planning
refers to an Architect who specializes in the
detailed physical planning of land or property
on which vertical structures such as buildings
and/or structures and horizontal
developments such as rights-of-way, open
spaces and recreational/ sports/
entertainment/tourism and related facilities
are to be proposed
Physical Planner/Physical Planning
the detailed site development planning of all
areas surrounding a building/structure and/or
a group of buildings/structures but only
within the property limits of the land on which
such buildings/structures are to be erected.
Site Planning
refers to a person whose name and
registration/professional license number is
entered in the Professional Regulation
Commission registry book and computerized
database as one legally authorized to practice
their profession
Professional
a document bearing the registration number,
date of issuance with an expiry date, due for
periodic renewal, duly signed by the Chairperson
of the PRC to a registered Architect upon
payment of the annual registration fees for three
(3) years
Professional Identification Card (PID)
means a document embodied in the Architects
National Code, which defines all aspects of
professional service, prescribes minimum
basic fees and establishes the rights and
obligations of both the Architect and the client
Standards of Professional Practice (SPP)
means an individual Architect practicing and
delivering architectural services duly
registered with the DTI, BOA, and the PRC
Sole Proprietorship
an expertise and special knowledge in the
field of architecture acquired by an Architect
through formal education and training or
through continuing professional development
and experience, for which the Architect may
be engaged as a Consulting Architect
Specialization
The outline embodying topics and concepts of
major subjects prescribed in specific course of
study to serve as basis for test questions in
the licensure examinations
Syllabi
refers to contracts or arrangements involving
the transfer of systematic knowledge for the
manufacture of a product, the application of a
process, or rendering of service including
management contracts; and the transfer,
assignment, or licensing of all forms of
intellectual property rights
Technology Transfer
physical and systemic design undertaken by
an Architect on a community and urban plane,
more comprehensive than, and an extension
of the architecture of buildings, spaces
between buildings, entourage, utilities and
movement systems
Urban Design
BOA
Board of Architecture
CHED
Commission on Higher Education
CIAC
Construction Industry Arbitration Commission
RA 8293
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
PCAB
Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board
PDCB
Philippine Domestic Construction Board
PRB
Professional Regulatory Board
RA 8981
PRC Modernization Act of 2000
