Felino A. Palafox, Jr. is a Filipino architect, urban planner. He is the Principal Architect-Urban Planner and Founder of Palafox Associates. Palafox is in the field of planning and architecture for four decades serving both the government and private sector. He was educated in Christ the King Seminary, University of Santo Tomas, and University of the Philippines. For continuing education, he took up an Advanced Management Development Program for Real Estate at Harvard University and attended seven other special courses. On July 1, 2013, CTBUH headquartered in Chicago has elected Palafox as one of its two new Fellows worldwide. Architect Palafox was also cited by Forbes Asia Magazine as one of the 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia, one of four in the Philippines. The firm has received more than 200 awards and recognition in the past 25 years, most notably as the first Filipino architectural firm included in the Top 500 Architectural Firms in the World of the London-based World Architecture Magazine in 1999, the only Southeast Asian architectural firm included in the list.

In 2012, Palafox Associates ranked 89^th in the list of the world’s largest practices and Top 8 in Leisure projects. BCI Asia has awarded Palafox Associates BCI Asia’s Market Leader in Architecture in the Philippines for nine consecutive years, from 2005 to 2013. Palafox is the first architect-urban planner president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 2011 and president of the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP) for 2013 and 2014. He is a Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP). Aside from his duties in his architectural firm, he also serves as a member of the board of directors in Asian Terminals, Inc. from 2009 to present, chaired professional and civic organizations such as PIEP, MAP and Rotary Club of Manila.