Felino “Jun” A. Palafox, Jr.

Architect and Urban Planner Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. has 47 years of experience in architecture and 45 years in planning. He was educated in Christ the King Seminary, University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, and Harvard University. Architect Palafox has lectured in more than 20 countries across the globe. He has travelled and observed more than 1,000 cities in 75 countries.

Architect Palafox founded, led, and managed, Palafox Associates and Palafox Architecture in carrying out more than 1,600 projects in 40 countries, the planning of 35 billion square meters of land, and the design and architecture of 16 million square meters of building floor area.

Forbes Asia Magazine cited him as one of their 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia. In November 2017, he was awarded by the JCI Senate as one of the three Top Outstanding Filipinos for the field of Architecture. This year, he was recognized by the Professional Regulatory Commission as the 2019 Outstanding Professional of the year in the field of Environmental Planning.