Through an impressive career spanning more than four decades, Philip Bona has participated in a broad range of architectural endeavors. It is Phil’s voice that has been loudest amongst architects in pursuit of a solution to California’s housing affordability crisis through his efforts in the “Housing the Next One Million” (HN1M) campaign, perhaps the most visible and comprehensive attempt yet to find solutions to California’s housing shortage. Phil helped start the San Mateo County Chapter of the AIA in 1983. Over the next 23 years, he served in practically every position available in the San Mateo chapter as well as on a myriad of committees. From 1983 to 1999 Phil led urban design charettes that became a part of “Housing the Next One Million".”
Phil was hired in 2009 by San Diego’s Centre City Development Corporation. (CCDC). While at CCDC he led the Downtown Education Task Force.
Phil served as president of San Diego’s AIA chapter, was on the AIACC board on thee occasions, and is now part of the national AIA strategic council. Through 2021 he is chairing the New Urban Agenda Task Force. Recently, he has been focused on resilience, regenerative design, and housing post-disaster. It is through such work that he believes architectures future may lie. His has been an exemplary lifetime of commitment to the betterment of the architectural profession and the communities it serves.
