Architecture, as practiced in the Philippines during the Spanish era, was not by virtue of an academic title. There were no architectural schools in the country and the only architects with academic degrees were Spaniards. However, the first Filipino recorded architect was Felix Roxas y Arroyo of Binondo, Manila. The closest the Filipino could aspire to practice as an architect was as Maestro de Obras or Master Builder. The first academic school to train these maestros was the Escuela Practica y Professional de Artes y Oficio de Manila, founded by the Spanish government in 1880. In 1900 the first private school to offer an academic title for Maestro de Obras was the Liceo de Manila. For the early 1930`s to the late 50`s, associations of architects came and went, but three of these survived until the early 70`s. These were the League of Philippine Architects (LPA), the Association of Philippine Government Architects (APGA), and the Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA). The profession of Architecture was given its first separate statute on June 17, 1950 with the enactment of Republic Act 545, An Act to Regulate the Practice of Architecture in the Philippines. In December 1971, President Ferdinand E. Marcos officially declared the second week of December as Architecture Week. President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued PD 223 in June 1973 creating the Professional Regulation Commission with the duty of regulating all the professions and accrediting only one professional organization to represent each profession. Recognizing the need to formally integrate the three architectural associations, APGA, LPA and PIA each appointed three representatives to form the Panel of Negotiation in May 1973. To implement the terms of integration agreed upon by the three architectural organizations, a 15 man Ad-Hoc Commission was authorized to prepare the Constitution and By-Laws of the newly integrated association. One year later, the respective Board of Directors of the three organizations on December 12, 1974 unanimously approved the Constitution and By-Laws. In order to effectively pursue the objectives and perform its task and duties under the resolution, the Ad-Hoc Commission was authorized to sit as the Interim Board to administer, implement and coordinate the various activities of the new organization until the first regular Board of Directors and Officers was duly elected. The new integrated society was called, the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP). Membership of the three organizations numbering a total of 1,300, automatically became members of the UAP and during its first year, 700 members officially registered for active membership. On March 26, 1976, the