The long wait is finally over. The panel of judges for "Ang Pinakamagandang Bahay sa Balat ng Lupa" has completed its deliberations for both the Student and Professional Categories. There were a total of 35 entries for the Student Category and 44 entries for the Professional Category. The winners for each Category are:

Student Category:

First Place	Laurence Angelo Angeles, Norbert Cornelius Batangan, Jaycee Gopez (graduates of UP-Diliman)
Second Place	Kim Patrick Pullante, Dean Michael Ramos, Don Joseph Sebastian, Marc Angelo Virtucio (undergraduate students of UP-Diliman)
Third Place	Deniece Yusun (graduate of UP-Diliman), Zada S. Ong (graduate of National University of Singapore)
Honorable Mention	Aristotle O. Santiago (graduate of Technological Institute of the Philippines � Manila)

Professional Category:

First Place	John Patrick Anthony L. Buensalido with Marie Veronique Boncan, Emereauldine Eliseo, Nathan Fabe, Ysrael Uy, Raymond John Balmes, Ernesto Medrano Jr. III, Bayan Dela Pasion
Second Place	Nestor Arabejo, Rowena Ramos, Bert Peeters
Third Place	Jose Eduardo G. Calma with Sherwin Abad, Sarah Canlas, Benjamin Mendoza
Honorable Mention	Roger Magsakay

Jury and Evaluation Process:

The panel of jurors was composed of:

Ma. Cristina V. Turalba (Jury Chair)	Retired professor of the UP College of Architecture; practicing architect; Vice Chair, Active Realty and Development Corporation
Geronimo V. Manahan, Ph. D.	Retired professor and former Dean of the UP College of Architecture; practicing architect; partner of PROS architects and planners; Likha Awardee
Jose Pedro Recio	Practicing architect; partner of the renown design firm Recio+Casas Architects
Leon M. Mayo	Practicing architect; President of Consultants for Comprehensive Environmental Planning Inc. (CONCEP)
Jean I. Cornejo	Practicing architect; Dean of the College of Architecture, Adamson University; President, Council of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools of the Philippines (CODHASP)

Initial screening of entries was done by the Competition Secretariat for compliance with the submission rules. All final entries were blind entries, meaning the identities of the authors were unknown to the jury members. The identities were only revealed after the winners were chosen by the jury.

The jurors took time to evaluate all the entries based on the Competition criteria set in the Competition Guidelines. Over the course of one and a half weeks, each judge made a shortlist of finalists which were then deliberated upon in an en banc session to come up with the winners.

Pictures of the winning entries will be available for public viewing on this website soon.


Awarding and exhibit

The awarding of the prizes for the winners will be on March 31st, 6:30 pm, at the Executive House in UP-Diliman. An exhibit of the winning entries and other notable entries will be arranged in the near future. A monograph of the competition and its winners will also be published very soon.