A SUGGESTED PHILIPPINE ARCHITECT’S LIBRARY CODE (from the Architecture Advocacy International Foundation, Inc./ AAIF) A - Architecture (general) A.1 - Architectural Interiors (AI) A.2 - Allied Professions under the Council for the Built and Natural Environments (CBNE) i.e. interior design (ID), environmental planning (EP), master plumbing, etc. A.3 - APEC Architects A.4 - ASEAN Architects A.5 - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) e.g. construction and commercial arbitration, mediation, conciliation, negotiation, etc. A.6 - Air (and air rights)-related architectural subjects/ topics B - Buildings (general) B.1 - Building Types C - Construction (general) C.1 - Code of Ethical Conduct C.2 - Contract Documents C.3 - Consulting (architectural) C.4 - Construction Management (CM) C.5 - Design Build Services (DBS) C.6 - Constructing/ Contracting C.7 - Continuing Professional Development/ Education (CPD/E) C.8 - Climate Change Adaptation (CAA) D - Design (general) D.1 - Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) E - Environment (general) E.1 - Education (Architecture) E.2 - Environmental Planning and Design (EnP/D) E.3 - Estimates F - Finishes (general) F.1 - Furniture, Furnishings, Fixtures and Fittings (FFFF) G - Governance (general as the same relates to physical planning and the natural and built environments) G.1 - Government institutions (which architects need to deal with) G.2 - Green Architecture H - History (general as the same relates to architecture) H.1 - Housing H.2 - Humanities I - IAPOA-related subjects/ topics J - Jurisprudence (as the same relate to architecture, the other State-regulated professions, physical planning, building, constructing, development, professional responsibility, civil liability, etc.) J.1 - Journalism, Current Events, Social Commentary and Social Media (as the same relate to Architecture and Environmental Design) K - RESERVED classification (for Non-Architect Contributors to the Architect’s Library) L - Law (general and as applicable to architectural practice, physical planning and buildings) L.1 - R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004, its 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) and Derivative Regulations (DRs) L.2 - P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), its 2004 Revised IRR, Additional IRR, Referral Codes (RCs) and DRs L.3 - R.A. No. 386, the 1949 Civil Code of the Philippines (CCP) L.4 - Other professional regulatory laws (PRLs) governing the allied and non-allied professions L.5 - Other Physical Planning and Building-related laws i.e. development controls (DCs) L.6 - Older, Amended or Repealed Laws (on architecture, allied professions, physical planning and buildings) M - Materials (general) M.1 - Materials (banned for use) M.2 - Marketing (architectural services) N - Non-Allied Professions (NAPs) and non-State regulated professions (NSRPs) N.1 - NAPs under the Philippine Technological Council (PTC) e.g. civil engineering, naval architecture, etc.; N.2 - NSRPs such as information design, information and communications technology (ICT), etc. O - Other Associations of Architects (OAAs) O.1 - Architecture Advocacy International Foundation (AAIF), Inc. O.2 - Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) O.3 - Architecture Advocacy Federation (AAFed) O.4 - CODHASP O.5 - Other OAAs (local and international) P - Professional Practice P.1 - Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) P.2 - Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) P.3 - Procurement (public and private), including build-operate transfer (BOT) projects and public-private partnership (PPP) projects P.4 - Physical Planning (PP) P.5 - Project Management (development, design/ consulting services, etc.) P.6 - Project Development and Packaging P.7 - Architectural Office Management P.8 - Architect’s Guidelines P.9 - Photography (Architectural) P.10 - Psychology (Architectural) Q - Quantity Surveying (as the same relates to architecture and architectural services only) R - Rules and Regulations (which are executive issuances in general, and as the same relate to architecture i.e. implementing rules and regulations/ IRRs, executive/ administrative/ department administrative orders, memorandum circulars, guidelines, standards, manuals of procedure/ MoPs, etc.) R.1 - Professional practices i.e. architectural including physical planning (PP), architectural interiors (AI), space planning and management (SPM), project/ construction management (P/CM) and urban design (UD); allied professional practices i.e. interior design (ID), environmental planning (EP), master plumbing and other State-regulated professions under the Council for the Built and Natural Environments (CBNE); and non-allied professions under the Philippine Technological Council (PTC) e.g. engineering, etc. R.2 - Building design and construction R.3 - Others including governance e.g. procurement, local government, graft and corruption, taxation, etc. S - Space Planning and Management (SPM) S.1 - Specializations (Architectural) S.2 - Specifications and Specs Writing S.3 - Standards of Professional Practice (SPP) S.4 - Sustainable Design S.5 - Software (Architecture) T - Trends (Architecture and Environmental Design) T.1 - Transportation-related subjects U - Urban Design (UD) U.1 - Urban Planning U.2 - Urban renewal V - Various Architectural Topics (not classifiable under A to Z, except X) W - Water (and water rights)-related architectural subjects/ topics W.1 - World Trade Organization General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO-GATS) X - free subject (non-architectural but which may be of some interest to Architects) Y - RESERVED classification (for the Architect-Librarian or the Architect-Administrator) Z - Zoning ordinances (ZOs) and related local development controls (DCs) pertaining to land, water and air use. Nothing follows.
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