(The Philippine Star) | Updated June 25, 2014
- 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - BCI Asia names
Philippines’ 10 most-active architecture firms and property developers to
receive the BCI Asia Top 10 Awards at the annual BCI Asia Awards ceremony to be
held on June 24 2014 at the Fairmont
Hotel Makati.
The portfolios of these elite
architecture firms contain $5.129 billion worth of properties scheduled to
start construction in Philippines this year while the portfolios of these top
developers contain $2.956 billion.
The winners of 2013 and onwards are
architecture and property developer firms with the greatest aggregate value of
projects under construction during the last full calendar year weighted by the
extent of their sustainability efforts (as established by BCI Asia’s
comprehensive project leads research and confirmed green building ratings).
BCI Asia Top 10 Architects for 2014
will be bestowed to the following architecture firms: AIDEA Philippines Inc.;
ASYA Design Partner; Casas + Architects; Edward Co Tan + Architects (ECTA); GF
& Partners Architects; Jose Siao Ling & Associates; Pimentel Rodriguez
Simbulan & Partners (PRSP); R. Villarosa Architects; RVP Design &
Development Consultants Inc.; and Visionary Architecture Inc.
ASYA Design is a 10th year awardee.
On the other hand, the BCI Asia Top 10
Developers for 2014 will be bestowed to the following property developers:
Ayala Land Inc.; Century Properties Group Inc.; DMCI Homes; Federal Land;
Filinvest Land Inc.; Megaworld Corp.; Nuvoland Philippines Inc.; Robinsons Land
Inc.; Rockwell Land Corp.; and SM Prime Holdings Inc.
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Philippines’ BCI Asia Top 10 Awards is
co-presented by Boysen, mainly sponsored by Bestank and supported by Globe
International, Matimco, Panasonic, World Home Depot, Concepcion Carrier and
Multi-Line.
The annual event – now in its 10th
year – is held in seven Asian regions, including Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Beyond recognizing
developers and architecture firms building and designing these greatest volume
of buildings in the seven regional markets, BCI Asia Awards aims to encourage
the creation of socially-responsible architecture.
Celebrating 10 years of building and
design leadership, BCI Asia Awards remains as one of the most coveted awards in
the regional building industry while serving as a platform for domestic and
international networking among elite architecture firms, property developers,
manufacturers and service providers.
Other than the BCI Asia Top 10 Awards,
FuturArc Prize (Green design competition) and FuturArc Green Leadership Award
(Green built projects competition) will also be announced and bestowed at the
ceremonies.
More information on the BCI Asia Top
10 Awards and the 2014 winners can be found at http://www.bciasia.com/top10.
Meanwhile, BCI Asia launched yesterday
its FairBuilding(r) Network, an online platform for building projects
benefitting the poor. It is a new marketplace that enables the construction
industry to do well by doing good. Its mantra is: “Construction with a
Conscience”.
The network’s initial operations will
be in the Philippines where the foundation has been established through
relationships with three NGOs – Plan International Philippines, Habitat for
Humanity Philippines, and No One In Need.
Approximately 100 leaders from the
Philippine building and construction industry attended the launch event which
took place at the Raffles & Fairmont Hotel in Makati.
BCI Asia is Southeast Asia’s leading
building and construction information provider. A subsidiary of BCI Media Group
and founded 1998, BCI Asia researches and reports on well over 100,000 upcoming
construction projects per annum.
BCI Foundation, established in January
2014, is the social action arm of BCI Asia. It operates the FairBuilding(r)
Network. Since its inception, it has been a crucial part of BCI’s vision to
contribute to more social equality and environmental awareness across thefields
of construction and the built environment.
The main objective of the FairBuilding
Network is the creationof a new bottom-of-pyramid (BoP) construction
marketplace. To that end, BCI Foundation aims to bring together NGOs, LGUs and
other organizationsrepresenting the building interests of the poor (acting as
buyers) and manufacturers, developers, builders, engineers and subcontractors
interested in expanding their market reach as well as their social impact
(acting as sellers).
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