SIGNA DESIGNER RESIDENCES, MAKATI

Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) and Security Land, a Security Bank subsidiary, have entered into a partnership to build Signa Designer Residences, a two-tower, high-rise, and upscale residential condominium in Makati City. Located at the corner of Valero and Rufino streets in the Philippines’ premier financial district, the project is RLC’s first Makati City development and Security Land’s first such foray in Metro Manila. Security Land owns the 2,570-square-meter property in Makati City while RLC will undertake the project’s construction. RLC has tapped prominent Filipino architects and designers for the residential development, the first time it handpicked an exclusively Filipino team for a project. The team will be led by architect Royal Pineda, furniture and space designer Antonio “Budji” Layug, and furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue. In partnership with Layug, Pineda’s works go beyond Manila to span the region, including projects in Asia such as The Trees, Bangkok; Grand Napalai, Phuket; The Copper, Kuala Lumpur. Cobonpue won in 2005 Design for Asia Award of Hong Kong, Asia’s highest award, for his Lolah chair. Among Cobonpue’s clients include actor Brad Pitt and Warner Brothers.