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Shaped For Pleasure
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Shaped For Pleasure

Sharing the same core values with the client, DEQA Design Collaborative designs a house that is perfectly shaped for their lifestyle

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Volume 3 2019
Steel by Eduardo Calma
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Steel by Eduardo Calma

MAGIS HOMES

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Volume 3 2019
When Form Follows Beauty
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When Form Follows Beauty

RT+Q’s reclusive Pakubuwono House in Jakarta manifests beauty in polar opposites: the simple and the extravagant, the private and the public, the functional and the impractical

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Volume 3 2019
Natural Flow
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Natural Flow

Jakarta-based studio Nataneka Arsitek embraces natural movement within a crisp, modernist package

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Volume 3 2019
Permanent Pleasures
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Permanent Pleasures

An exercise in crafting space, material, and texture for a house of unadulterated enjoyment in Manila that sets Nazareno + Guerrero Design Consultancy apart from the rest

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Volume 3 2019
Renovating A National Artist
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Renovating A National Artist

By respecting its original program, Rebecca Plaza revives a Leandro Locsin house to last another fifty years

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Volume 3 2019
Form Follows Family Tradition
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Form Follows Family Tradition

A couple’s desire to bring their kids up with family and Asian values shapes a modern home in Manila

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Volume 3 2019
Form Follows Privacy
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Form Follows Privacy

One feels wholly unwelcome walking down this street in Barangay Don Manuel in Quezon City.

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Volume 3 2019
Design, Build, Maintain
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Design, Build, Maintain

Three disappointed clients create Magis Homes so their customers can afford Calma, Galicia, Periquet, Yulo, and Yupangco designs constructed and cared for by a trusted builder

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Volume 3 2019
Aldo By Tina Periquet
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Aldo By Tina Periquet

The idea is a box within a shed—a house within a shed.

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Volume 3 2019
Lario By Dominic Galicia
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Lario By Dominic Galicia

Lario is a play on the Spanish word, ladrillo, which means ‘brick.’

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Volume 3 2019
O by Joey Yupangco
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O by Joey Yupangco

Yupangco began tinkering with the idea of designing a round house for himself around the time that he let go of his studio space and decided to work from home.

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Volume 3 2019
Magis Homes Steel By Eduardo Calma
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Magis Homes Steel By Eduardo Calma

Ed Calma is one of the country’s best Modernist architects.

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Volume 3 2019
Design, Build, Maintain
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Design, Build, Maintain

Three disappointed clients create Magis Homes so their customers can afford Calma, Galicia, Periquet, Yulo, and Yupangco designs constructed and cared for by a trusted builder

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9 mins  |
Volume 3 2019
Renovating A National Artist
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Renovating A National Artist

By respecting its original program, Rebecca Plaza revives a Leandro Locsin house to last another fifty years

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4 mins  |
Volume 3 2019
When Form Follows Beauty
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When Form Follows Beauty

RT+Q’s reclusive Pakubuwono House in Jakarta manifests beauty in polar opposites: the simple and the extravagant, the private and the public, the functional and the impractical

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5 mins  |
Volume 3 2019
Form Follows Family Tradition
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Form Follows Family Tradition

A couple’s desire to bring their kids up with family and Asian values shapes a modern home in Manila

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4 mins  |
Volume 3 2019
Form Follows Privacy
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Form Follows Privacy

BAAD Studio designs an enclosed open house with a mind to promoting wellness and nudging family members closer to each other and nature

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Volume 3 2019
Permanent Pleasures
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Permanent Pleasures

An exercise in crafting space, material, and texture for a house of unadulterated enjoyment in Manila that sets Nazareno + Guerrero Design Consultancy apart from the rest

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4 mins  |
Volume 3 2019
Weather Watch
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Weather Watch

Visitors are drawn to the Philippine Pavilion at the 58th Venice Art Biennale.

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July 2019
Ana Verayo
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Ana Verayo

In the world of art, new forms are created to express new emotions, shape new beliefs, and usher in a new set of ideologies.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Miko Aspiras
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Miko Aspiras

Miko Aspiras started to create confections at age 11.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Space Encounters
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Space Encounters

Space Encounters, a design firm and furniture shop, speaks an industrial midcentury modern (MCM) tongue to the extent that it has become its recognizable trademark.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Nikki Buensalido
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Nikki Buensalido

Nikki Buensalido graduated Magna Cum Laude and Valedictorian with a Rector’s Award for Academic Excellence for her degree in Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila—evidence that she effortlessly succeeds in whatever endeavor she sets her heart to complete.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Nico Faustino
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Nico Faustino

Nico Faustino is multi-cam TV and live director. He started directing professionally at the age of 22. Since then, he has been mastering his craft and adding a range of genres, as well as directing styles. He also does live stage directing and TV directing for beauty pageants, both locally and internationally. Recently he co-produced a number of advocacy films that have been shown in schools and other Filipino communities in Dubai and other Asian countries.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Jim Torres
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Jim Torres

Pampanga-based industrial designer Jim Torres was mentored by Filipino designer Jude Tiotuico. Torres’ adventurous, dauntless, and determined character allows him to strike a perfect balance between art and design that can be seen through his works. He has exhibited his debut works through the Red Box program of Manila FAME. He was awarded as grand winner of the Red Box Home Accents Category for his Harris lamps.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Gino Santos
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Gino Santos

Gino Santos is one of the youngest commercial, TV, and film directors in the Philippines. His knowledge of—and passion for—film at such a young age got him to be chosen as the delegate of the Philippines for the Motion Picture Association Conference in China. He has directed numerous short films that have captured the attention of both local and international audiences. He started directing his first full length feature "The Animals" when he was 22 for the Cinemalaya Film Festival.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Boe Riccio
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Boe Riccio

What is your brand of style?

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Special Issue 1 2019
Erick Yambao
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Erick Yambao

Erick Yambao is the landscape architect who founded Plontur, and serves as its head and design director. For him, design is a medium to evoke feelings, challenge mindsets, test theories, and set new standards. Through landscapes, he wants to give spaces an identity that shapes not just the way people move, but also the way they live and think. Yambao has worked on many notable residential, institutional, and commercial projects that have been featured in different books, magazines, and blogs.

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Special Issue 1 2019
Atelier Funk Architecture
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Atelier Funk Architecture

Juxtaposition is a figure of speech that places two elements close together. In literature, this technique is often done to compare or contrast—etching out a character to magnify the differences between the two subjects. Though simplistic, this parallelism is an effective way to understand each entity using the obvious characteristics of the other one.

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Special Issue 1 2019