Honorato G. Paloma was born in the Philippines and is recorded as having registered as an architect in that country in 1955. By 1963 he had been appointed as a Professor at the newly established Architecture programme at the University of the Philippines (UPD). He then travelled to the UK in 1966 and enrolled on the postgraduate ‘Housing’ course run by the Architectural Association’s Department of Tropical Studies, in London. After the completion of his studies in 1967, Paloma returned to his teaching role at UPD and appears to have remained in academia until at least 1974. Honorato also actively practiced as an architect, working in the 1970s as part of a practice called ‘Urban Designers Associates’. He was also responsible for a number of high-profile projects for the UDP’s Diliman campus, in the 1980s, including the Vargas Museum (1986), and the Cine Adarna (1984).

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register, 1945-71. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Council Minutes, 24th July, 1967. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1969. AA Archives
• Pacho, A.G., Panganiban, E.M. (eds), ‘Urban Development Planning inf Four Philippine Cities: A Joint Project of the U.P. Local Government Center and the National Economic and Development Authority.’ University of the Philippines, 1974, p99
• Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture [Philippines], ‘Registered Architects (RAs), 1921-2011 (90 years), webpage. Accessed 14th December, 2025: https://www.architectureboard.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4.1-PRC-alphalist-incomplete_PHarchitects1921-2011.pdf
• ‘UPCA History’, University of the Philippines, College of Architecture, website. Accessed 14th December, 2025: https://upca.upd.edu.ph/about/history/