Aida-Cruz Del Rosario

Aida-Cruz Del Rosario (born 1922) was the first female graduate of the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture and the first female architect in the Philippines.[1][2] She originally wanted to be a dentist but her father convinced her to do architecture.[2] Her husband Jose del Rosario was an engineer, and together they constructed and designed over 120 edifices, hospitals, and houses from Luzon to Mindanao.[2]

While some sources credit Eulie Chowdhury as the first woman architect in Asia,[3][4] others including Aida-Cruz Del Rosario were working at similar dates.[2]

Selected works

Jacinto house in Baguio City, designed for Fernando Jacinto and his wife[5]

References

  1. Thomasian Sunscope The official alumni newsletter of the University of Santo Tomas March 2008 issue
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Full of life at 90". philstar.com.
  3. "Urmila Eulie Chowdhury 1923–1995" (in Spanish). Un Día / Una Arquitecta. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. International Archive of Women in Architecture Newsletter. International Archive of Women in Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 1989.
  5. "A 'Kyoto house' overlooking the mines". philstar.com.
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