Francisco, Gold Medal of Merit Award in Fine Arts in 1963. Architects Jose Pedro Recio and Carmelo Casas received the first Architectural Achievement Award in 1999. Gawad Gintong Likha Award The Gawad Gintong Likha Award is a national award given only to "exemplary architects who has received all merits from the Office of the President, United Architects of the Philippines, and the Philippine Institute of Architects". National Artist Leandro V. Locsin, FPIA, FUAP, is the only one has received the first Gawad Gintong Likha Award. It was posthumously awarded to him in 2006 PIA Gold Medal of Merit Awardee UAP Likha Awardee National Artist for Architecture Professional Regulation Commission Architect of the Year Award Araw ng Maynila Awardee Presidents Since its founding in 1933, the PIA have elected among its members and sections, 52 architects as president of the organization. Juan Felipe Nakpil Tomas B. Mapua Pablo S. Antonio Fernando H. Ocampo Juan Marcos Arellano Cesar M. Concio Andres O. Luna de San Pedro Gines F. Fivera Jose Ma. M. Zaragoza Carlos Da Silva Edmundo G. Lucero Francisco B. Fajardo Carlos D. Arguelles Otilio A. Arellano Antonio S. Sindiong Felipe M. Mendoza Leandro V. Locsin Antonio S. Dimalanta Jesus M. Bondoc Manuel T. Mañosa, Jr. Gabino A. De Leon Ariston F. Nakpil Adolfo B. Benavides Cesar V. Canchela Arturo M. Mañalac Nicasio A. De Venecia Carlos A. Santos Viola Paulino T. Lim Imelda N B. Cancio Macario B. Pagdanganan Faustino G. Ramos Jessie M. Kayanan Nepthaly S. Del Rosario Ernesto Antonino D. Nasol J Paul Q. Octaviano Delfin M. Viola III Rogelio G. Villarosa Manuel R. Go, Sr. Francisco G. Flameno Nicomedes R. Pagulayan Augusto C. Galang Remigio G. Abello Orlando C. Villarin Delfin C. Pantangco, Jr. Angelito R. Antonio Manuel E. Icasas Benedict P. Loy Antonio L. Loveria Teresa V. Fresnido Arnel M. Colcol Isabelita L. Israel Josefina B. Alfonso PIA sections Baguio-Benguet Bohol Bulacan Greater Cavite Greater Davao Greater Matutum Ilocos Manila Negros Occidental Pampanga Pangasinan Pangasinan Lingayen Rizal Zamboanga References External links Philippine Institute of Architects, 70 years of History, 1933–2003, Adarna Publishing 2003; Authors: Joel Rico,Ernesto Zarate,Ramon Ma.Zaragoza Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia, Vol. III, Architecture Bluprint Magazine, 2012 Zaragoza,Images of the Past, Ramaza Publishing 1993 Philippine Commonwealth Directory of the Philippine, Cornejo, 1939 Yearbook of the Philippine Island, Department of Commerce, 1924 Quarterly Bulletin Bureau of Public Work, 1924–1930 Philippine Arts and Architecture, Monthly