by Town & Country Philippines, Esquire Magazine We’ve narrowed down the city’s most respected names and selected the very best. ABOITIZThe family currently engaged in banking, power, and real estate among many other ventures traces its history in the Philippines to a Spaniard of Basque origin, Paulino Aboitiz, who arrived in the 1870s. He married…
by Sasha Lim Uy, Esquire Magazine How, where, and even why you went to college probably won’t be an indication on how your life (and bank account) will turn out, but the answers might carry some privileges. Bill Gates himself—the world’s riches man and a college dropout—regularly stresses the value of education: “I think the value of getting a…
by Amor Maclang, Business Mirror TODAY, I start a series on technological transformation in real estate from construction and marketing operations. Technology either elicits fear or awe, and the success of legacy businesses as real estate depends on their ability to pivot fast. Customer unfriendly construction process A universal life landmark that bears utmost importance is…
by Amor Maclang, Business Mirror WITH the advent of green building and opting for better sustainable materials in our business districts, the landscape of home building begs to follow suit. This brings about the question: What kind of homes and structures should we be building today? According to The Cities Alliance, the Philippines has been…
by Bilyonaryo Achieving the “unicorn” status for his real estate startup revolution Precrafted, Robbie Antonio has pole-vaulted his way to Forbes’ list of top billionaires around the globe. Robbie, who is the youngest of the batch, joins his father Jose E.B. Antonio, chairman of Century Properties The father-and-son duo is now on the 28th spot…
by Philippine Daily Inquirer The movers and shakers of the real estate industry over the past couple of decades have predominantly been architects and designers, whose wealth of experience has borne iconic structures. Recently design and art has begun to intersect with other disciplines. Art, design, architecture, and fashion are all means for self-expression, fashion…
by Esquire Philippines The release of the Forbes Philippines’ 50 Richest list always makes the headlines, even if there are few surprises. This year, for example, SM mogul Henry Sy tops the list for the tenth time in a row, followed—again—by John Gokongwei and Enrique Razon. It’s a different story when you look at the younger billionaires on the…
by Bianca Salonga, Forbes Robbie Antonio, founder and CEO of Revolution Precrafted, speaks the language of art and design. As a real estate mogul, he has spearheaded projects all over the country in collaboration with design greats like Philippe Starck, Versace, Missoni and Armani, just to name a few. His home, which also happens to…
by Grace Chung, Forbes This story is part of Forbes’ reporting on the Philippines’ 50 Richest 2017. See full coverage here. The fortunes of 17 tycoons rose this year and accounted for nearly half of the cumulative $74 billion total of the country’s 50 richest. The gainers hailed from a wide range of sectors, from finance and media to food & beverage and logistics….
by Katrina Kufrer, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia The French Modern and contemporary art fair put its design showcase on hold in 2009, but fair director Jennifer Flay tells us how the time has come to bring design back into the fold The 44th edition of FIAC (19-22 October) is featuring a return to programming it initiated in 2004…