Aida-Cruz Del Rosario

Aida-Cruz Del Rosario (born 1922) was the first female graduate of the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture (1946) 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] but women like Perin Jamsetjee Mistri and Dora Gad preceded her.

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. Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  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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