arkmikel the architect has been involved with multinational design firms since he graduated from college in 1997. these involvements gave him the opportunity to meet, make friends and establish connections with senior professionals who are known in their respective fields in the design and consultancy community. his brief stint in lagos, nigeria has further developed his design skills as an architect. it is in this side of west africa where he was entrusted to handle projects to a certain degree that only senior architects in the philippines are usually entitled to do. arkmikel is a corporate member of the united architects of the philippines (uap).