FAMOUS BUILDINGS IN MAKATI

PBCOM TOWER
-The Philippine Bank of
Communications occupies
the first ten floors of this
building
-Tallest building in the
Philippines
architect: G.F. & Partners,
Skidmore, Owings & Merril
l (San Francisco)

GT INTERNATIONAL
-The "G. T." in G.T. International Tower
stands for George Ty, one of the wealthiest
men in the Philippines, owner of this
building, and the chairman of MetroBank.
MetroBank is the anchor tenant.
-A 10-story vertical fin marks the towers
presence on the Makati skyline and
provides a visual signature at the towers
crown
architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates,
G.F. & Partners, Recio+Casas Architects

PETRON MEGAPLAZA
-This was the tallest building in
the Philippines before the
PBCom Tower was topped off.
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

LKG TOWER
-Within the office tower there are
3 dining levels, a banking hall,
parking for 500 cars, an owners
penthouse and a helipad for VIP
access on the roof.
architect:
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates,
Recio+Casas Architects

PACIFIC PLAZA TOWER1

-This is one of two
developments in Makati by
the same name; see also
the Pacific Plaza
condominium building on
Ayala Avenue in Makati
City.
architect: Recio+Casas
Architects, Arquitectonica

ROXAS TRIANGLE
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LL
P
, Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

ROBINSONS SUMMIT
TOWER
-architect: Hellmuth
, Obata & Kassabaum,
W.V. Coscoluella
and Associates

THE ENTERPRISE
-This complex was
originally known as the
KSA Towers.
architect: Wong Tung
& Partners Ltd., Arads
& Associates

AYALA TOWER1-AYALA TRIANGLE

-Headquarters of the Ayala Corporation, the
company that built the Makati Central
Business District.
-This building was built solely as a response to
the Philippine Stock Exchange relocating from
Makati City to the Tektite Towers in the Ortigas
Center. AyalaLand was hoping that the
Philippine SEC would reconsider its plan. It
didn't succeed completely with its attempt to
keep the stock exchange exclusively in Makati
City but the building did become one of the
most prestigous office towers in the country.
architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

EXPORT BANK
-architect: R. Villarosa
Architects

THE WORLD CENTER

architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP,
W.V. Coscoluella and Associates

THE PEAK
-The first 20 floors are
offices while the next 15
floors are residential.

OXFORD SUITES
-Centuries properties
group

LAWSON TOWER
ESSENSA EAST
COMERON TOWERESSENSA EAST
architect: Pei
Cobb Freed & Partners

CITIBANK TOWER
architect:
Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

OAKWOOD PREMIER
-In July 27, 2003, this complex was
seized by rebel soldiers demanding the
resignation of President Arroyo. Among
the residents that were held was Ruth
Pearce, the ambassador for Australia.
The rebels eventually surrendered after
a day
architect: Architecture International,
G.F. & Partners

PHILAMLIFE TOWER
-A 48-storey office building
using fully unitized
curtainwall of glass,
aluminium panel and
granite.
-The tower proper
incorporated into the
system horizontal
sunscreens, vertical fins,
light bullnoses, crown
lighting and balcony
trellises.
-Shallow and deep-set
cladding was used
extensively on the building
envelope.
-The entrance facades
employed mirror stainless
steel shopfronts, capped
with functional sculpted
canopies in hairline finish.
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
LLP
, W.V. Coscoluella
and Associates

RIZAL TOWER
ROCKWELL
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merri
ll LLP
, Palafox Associates

RCBC PLAZAYUCHENCO
architect:
Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP
, W.V. Coscoluella
and Associates

SALCEDO PARK
APARTMENTS
architect: Recio+Casas
Architects

ONE MCKINLEY PLACE

architect: R. Villarosa Architects,
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

PACIFIC PLAZA CONDO

-This is the first in the "Pacific
Plaza" series of condos by Metro
Pacific Corporation. It is the
predecessor of the Pacific Plaza
Towers of the Fort Bonifacio
project.
architect: Recio+Casas
Architects

FORBES TOWER WEST

architect: RMJM Philippines, Inc.,
Palafox Associates

TWO RCBC PLAZA

architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
LLP
, W.V. Coscoluella
and Associates

RUFINO PACIFIC TOWER

This was the tallest
building in the Philippines
before the Petron
MegaPlaza (and two years
later, the PBCom Tower)
was topped out. However,
it remains the tallest steelframed building in the
country.

LUNA GARDENS
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merri
ll LLP
, Palafox Associates

MANANSALA TOWER
Alan G. Davenport Wind
Engineering Group BLWTL.

PLDT TOWER
-This site was an
unfinished project until
the Phillipine Long
Distance Telephone
(PLDT) Company
bought the site and
erected their corporate
Headquarters here.
architect:
Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

WEST OF AYALA
architect: RNL Design

REGAL ELIZABETHAN
architect: R. Villarosa
Architects, Inarc
Design Hong Kong Ltd.

AYALA-FGU
architect:
Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

6790 AYALA
architect:
Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

ORIENTAL GARDEN
LOTUS&ORCHID TOWER
Federal Land Inc..

AMORSOLO SQUAREROCKWELL
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
LLP
, Palafox Associates

EQUITABLE TOWER
architect: Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners

PACIFIC STAR BLDG

-This was the tallest office building
in Makati City until the Rufino
Pacific Tower was built. It has a
helicopter shuttle service to and
from the Manila Hotel
Century Properties Group, Sojitz
Philippines Corporation.

MANHATTAN SQUARE
Megaworld
Properties & Holdings, Inc
.
,
Brennan Beer Gorman / Ar
chitects
.

TRAFALGAR
Ray Burton Group of Compan
ies
.

NEW WORLD RENNAISANCE

New World Development Compan
y Limited
,
Renaissance Hotels, Resorts & S
uites
[Marriott International, Inc.].

AXA LIFE
Federal land inc.

SKYLAND PLAZA
Federal Land Inc., Mitsubishi
Elevator and Escalator.

PCI
PCI Bank, Jardine Schindler
Elevator Corp..

6750 AYALA
Ayala Land, Inc.,
Meinhardt
(Philippines).

ROCKWELL:HIDALGO
PLACE/PHINMA
PLACE/NESTLE/
architect: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP, Palafox Associates

LOPEZ CTR,ROCKWELL
-Future headquarters of First
Philippines Holdings.
-This building is named after Manolo
Lopez, the owner and developer of
the Rockwell Center.
-The Lopez Centre is currently on the
planning stage of Phase II of the
Rockwell Center.
-It is rumoured that this tower will be
over 1,000 feet.
architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
LLP