WAF Joins Forces with Singapore Tourism Board
World Architecture Festival (WAF), the largest global live awards event for architects and designers returns to Singapore for 2023
NEO Philippines: World’s First Certified Zero Carbon EDGE Real Estate Portfolio
NEO Philippines reaches net zero goal four years ahead of schedule, one of many green milestones covered in their inaugural sustainability report
Kickstarting Empowerment: Maya and Chinny Basinang
Chinny Basinang on designing the Maya Visa FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ card, a tribute to Team Philippines’ historic kickoff
Joseph Javier: Where is Philippine Architecture’s Übermensch?
Joseph Javier opened the seminar, Becoming Globally Competitive Filipino Architects, with a must-read introspective for people who care about the future of Filipino architecture and architects
Au Naturel: Farmhouse Project by Mede Architecture
For our first Kanto Futurespace submission, we present Pampanga-based studio Mede Architecture’s spatial ode to rural living
Remembrance and Rebirth: Final Rites and New Beginnings at Batad
Kanto pays witness to a story of decay and rebirth, beholding a Pahang ritual by Batad’s last shaman and a village’s renewed appreciation of indigenous baluys
Sense of Space: The Aesop Experience in Manila
Kanto talks with Marianne Lardilleux, Aesop Global Head of Store Design, on how Manila’s rich architectural patina inspired its SM Aura and Manila stores
Building Bridges: Philippine Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
The 2023 Philippine Pavilion, Tripa de Gallina: Guts of Estuary takes the form of a bamboo bridge, an architectural response to a fragmented community’s waste disposal problem, and the fruit of an iterative process designed to restore relationships between people and nature
Concrete Possibilities: J.VAZ.CO. HQ by Jagnus Design Studio
In its little corner of EDSA, the J.VAZ.CO Headquarters by Jagnus Design Studio makes a bold statement on the beauty of concrete
The Main Draw: A Briefer on the Manila Illustration Fair 2023
Kanto sits down with Manila Illustration Fair organizer Plus63’s Dan Matutina as he unpacks what’s in store for the fair, why they’ve gone metric-less for the selection process, and his stance on AI-generated entries
