Felino "Jun" Albano Palafox, Jr. is a Philippines architect and urban planner. He is the Principal Architect-Urban Planner and Founder of Palafox Associates.
Palafox also serves as a member of the board of directors[Board of Directors of ATI, www.asianterminals.com.ph ] in Asian Terminals, Inc. from 2009 to present, chaired professional and civic organisations such as PIEP,[Palafox inducted as PIEP President for 2013 and 2014, www.palafoxassociates.com] MAP[Roster of MAP Presidents, map.org.ph] and Rotary Club of Manila.
Personal life
Palafox received a classical secondary education from Christ the King seminary when he was 13.
[Congratulation Arch. Felino Palafox; Gusi Prize Winner 2011, worldclass-filipino.blogspot.com ] He obtained his bachelor's degree in Architecture from University of Santo Tomas
[Architect celebrates past, designs for future, Philippine Daily Inquirer Inquirer.net] in 1972 and two years later, in 1974, he obtained his master's degree in Environmental Planning at the UP Diliman through a scholarship grant by United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
In 2003, he graduated in Advanced Management Development Program for Real Estate at the Harvard University.[Architect Felino Palafox| UST 400 www.ust400.com]
Career
In 1977 he started working as Senior Architect and Planner for the government of
Dubai.
During also that time, he met
Henry Sy who later became one of his clients.
Henry Sy encouraged him to return to the country. Palafox worked for the Dubai municipality until 1981.
Awards
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Palafox Associates is the first Filipino architectural firm cited in the World's Top 500 Architectural Firms of the World Architecture Magazine. In 2006, the firm ranked 94th – holding the distinction of being the only Southeast Asian firm in the list. In 2012, Palafox Associates places 89th in the world-ranking dominated by American, European, Japanese, Australian and Chinese firms; and Top 8 in the Leisure Market sector
