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Cartier reinvents 13 rue de la Paix

Known as the sanctuary of Jeanne Toussaint and Louis Cartier, 13 rue de la Paix is a place of origin and collective memory — a tangible dreamscape where many of Cartier’s aesthetics and creative styles are born. 13 rue de la Paix A complete reinvention, the new building unveiled today…

Promenade a la Bridgerton in this New Manila mansion

From now until April 3, you, dear reader, can finally experience how it feels to be part of the 'ton!' Entertain your suitors here, the way Daphne Bridgerton would Members of the “ton” recently descended upon Quezon City as Netflix opened the doors of its very own Villa Bridgerton in…

The final cut

By Maan D'Asis Pamaran / Photography by Mark Chester Ang The ambitious project, which seeks to retain and integrate a former film set and ancestral home with a residential high rise, is yet another fine example of adaptive reuse by multi-awarded architect Carlo Calma. The forward-looking series of spaces seek…

Anthology Festival 2020 is set to take place in Intramuros

The historic Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila, will once again host the Anthology Architecture and Design Festival, happening on February 7 to 9. Now on its 5th edition, the event will carry the theme "Think Architecture," as curated by William Ti, Jr. Principal Architect of WTA Architecture and Design Studio.…

Tajima: Floors majeur

By JOSE PAOLO DELA CRUZ What do you walk into when you get home? For this award-winning Japanese luxury flooring manufacturer, it should be nothing but the best. Tajima recently unveiled its first flagship store in the Philippines at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City. The spacious showroom is a…

Filipino architect’s coastal housing design wins French tilt

The award-winning design concept by architect Deo Alam is intended as housing for indigenous coastal communities in the northern most part of Mindanao, namely Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi and Sitangkai. Deo Alam Design and Architecture (DADA) has been named the 2017 Grand Prix winner of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation Awards held…

Grohe celebrates excellence in Philippine architecture with the Grohe Zeitgeist Design Award

Luxury fittings company Grohe honored the four Filipino finalists of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) with the first-ever Grohe Zeitgeist Design Awards. The four WAF finalists were selected from a total of 400 entries from 68 countries in a variety of categories. Project Streetlight Tagpuro (which rebuilt an orphanage that was…

‘Muhon’ is Philippines’ first at the Venice Architecture Biennale

by Jose Paolo S. dela Cruz and Sara de los Reyes How much of the past can one bring to the future? This year, the country's foremost architects and contemporary visual artists get to answer this questionÂ by participating in theÂ Venice Architecture Biennale.Â AÂ historic first for the Philippines, their exhibit entitled Muhon:…