UAP Manila University Belt Chapter

UAP Manila University Belt Chapter Professional Organization

Our very own, Architect Duran!The father of Manila University Belt Chapter is being honored as part of the Arc Icon 100:...
09/03/2026

Our very own, Architect Duran!

The father of Manila University Belt Chapter is being honored as part of the Arc Icon 100: 100 Icons of Philippine Architecture.






๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐€๐‘๐‚ ๐ˆ๐‚๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ: ๐€๐ซ. ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ: An architect who masterfully transitioned traditional ecclesiastical forms into the modern International Style, emphasizing light, ventilation, and symbolic architecture in the Philippine tropics.

โญ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ˆ๐‚๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐‚ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ๐ญ๐จ๐ง
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง: A striking example of mid-century modern architecture in Quezon City, designed in 1962 with high ceilings and expansive stained-glass windows.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ: Recognized as one of the most beautiful modern churches in the city, it utilized clean geometric forms to maximize natural light and airflow.
๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : Features a design inspired by the "coif worn by the sisters," creating a spiritual landmark in Araneta, Quezon City, that balances modern aesthetics with deep religious symbolism.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐ & ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐Ž๐‚๐€๐‚๐˜
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐:
50 Notable Architect, UAP College of Fellows (FUAP), UAP Emeritus (EUAP)
๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž:
Championing the adaptation of global architectural trends like the International Style to fit the specific needs and climate of the Philippines.
๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ:
Dedicated to the creation of sacred spaces that are both culturally relevant and architecturally progressive, blending traditional devotion with contemporary design.

"๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ."

Join us as we honor the icons shaping the Filipino skyline and safeguarding the future of our craft. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก. ๐€๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ž ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ข...
08/03/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก. ๐€๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ž ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.

The chapter elections were successfully conducted on March 7, 2026, marking an important milestone for our organization. His term will officially begin in July 2026, ushering in a new chapter of leadership, service, and collaboration for our members and the architectural community.

We look forward to the initiatives and programs that will continue to strengthen the chapter and advance the profession.

Congratulations and best wishes for a meaningful and successful term ahead.

UAP Manila University Belt Chapter has also conducted its annual elections during the 7th GMM with Ar. Anfernee Kyle Arr...
07/03/2026

UAP Manila University Belt Chapter has also conducted its annual elections during the 7th GMM with Ar. Anfernee Kyle Arriola being elected unanimously as the next chapter president for the coming fiscal year 2026-2027.

Ar. Kyle will continue the MUBC legacy started by Ar. Vicente Duran, the chapter's Charter President, and being continued on by Ar. Dennis Atendido as the current chapter president.

Ar. Kyle will sit as chapter president starting July 2026 after the tenure of Ar. Dennis who's been doing a great job as the chapter's current leader.

MUBC Commission on Elections is composed of Ar. Romulo Jr Gaas as Chairman, and Ar. Allen S. Cabayu and Ar. Jerry Valendez as Members.

On to the next chapter MUBC!




๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐”๐€๐ ๐Œ๐”๐๐‚) ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž...
07/03/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐”๐€๐ ๐Œ๐”๐๐‚) ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ญ ๐‘๐€๐‚๐Š๐’ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐  ๐€๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž, ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

The chapter welcomed guest speaker ๐€๐ซ. ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, who delivered an insightful lecture entitled โ€œFrom Drawings to Deals: The Business Case for Design-Build Services.โ€

In attendance, aside from MUBC members, were MUBC Charter President Ar. Vicente Duran and MUBC Immediate Past President Ar. JpEspino Thedigitalarchitect

MUBC is led by Chapter President Ar. Dennis Atendido, Vice President Ar. Jerry Valendez and Secretary Ar. Anfernee Kyle Arriola.

The event was hosted by MUBC Director Ar. Allen S. Cabayu and sponsored by industry partners HCG Philippines, Mega Pacific Metal and Steel Corp., and Total Swiss Philippines (Fit Solution Cell Nutrition)




Join us for the ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ...
04/03/2026

Join us for the ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐š ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ as we gather for an engaging discussion on:

โ€œ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.โ€
Featuring our ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ:
๐€๐ซ. ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฆ

Let us continue strengthening collaboration within the architectural community while exploring innovative approaches in project delivery.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐.

We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to our valued Industry Partners for their support:
HCG, Mega Pacific Metal and Steel Corporation, and Total Swiss.

Together, we build stronger partnerships for the future of the profession.

The UAP Manila University Belt Chapter warmly greets the UAP Secretary General Architect Rex Chua Tak a HAPPY BIRTHDAY T...
01/03/2026

The UAP Manila University Belt Chapter warmly greets the UAP Secretary General Architect Rex Chua Tak a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!

We wish you a healthy year and more success and thank you for your service to our UAP!

More power SG! Enjoy your special day!

28/02/2026
28/02/2026
MUBC Officers and Directors held a board meeting last Friday for the upcoming chapter elections.
28/02/2026

MUBC Officers and Directors held a board meeting last Friday for the upcoming chapter elections.

25/02/2026

REMINDER: Architects are paid to think critically, solve complex problems, balance design with structure and budget, and take responsibility for every space we create, not just to draw lines on paper.

25/02/2026

ARCHITECTโ€™S FEE COMPUTATION SAMPLE (PHILIPPINES) ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ
Magkano ba professional fee ng architect? Hereโ€™s a sample breakdown for a residential project โ€” useful for homeowners & future architects ๐Ÿ‘‡
Why Architects Charge 10%?โ€

Ano ba ang ๐——๐—”๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ?
๐——๐—”๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น & ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Sa simpleng salita:
Ito ang kumpletong plano at design package na gagamitin sa pagpapatayo ng bahay.
Dito ginagawa lahat ng drawings, computations, at coordination ng architect at engineers bago mag-construction.

Ano ang kasama sa DAEDS?
Karaniwang kasama dito:
โœ… Floor plans, elevations, sections
โœ… Complete architectural details
โœ… Structural, electrical, plumbing & sanitary drawings, mechanical, (electronics, firepro)
โœ… Specifications at material details
โœ… Coordination with engineers
โœ… Drawings na gagamitin ng contractor sa actual construction

๐Ÿ‘‰ Ibig sabihin: ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต โ€” ito na yung planong pwede nang ipagawa.

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