In this issue

What makes a building delightful? Is it ‘only’ that it functions well? How many buildings do we even know of whose parts attend to the comfort, wellness, and many needs of human beings?

This issue, Form Follows Values, is our first attempt in BluPrint to tackle the subject. It is not an easy one to have because it entails opening up about our values and examining whether our work has lived up to them. It means being able to talk about the stuff that really matters in our clients’ lives (not whether they want a six-car garage, roof deck, and infnity pool) and whether the architecture will help sustain and nurture these values.

Permanent Pleasures

An exercise in crafting space, material, and texture for a house of unadulterated enjoyment in Manila that sets Nazareno + Guerrero Design Consultancy apart from the rest

4 mins

Form Follows Privacy

One feels wholly unwelcome walking down this street in Barangay Don Manuel in Quezon City.

5 mins

Shaped For Pleasure

Sharing the same core values with the client, DEQA Design Collaborative designs a house that is perfectly shaped for their lifestyle

6 mins

Form Follows Family Tradition

A couple’s desire to bring their kids up with family and Asian values shapes a modern home in Manila

4 mins

When Form Follows Beauty

RT+Q’s reclusive Pakubuwono House in Jakarta manifests beauty in polar opposites: the simple and the extravagant, the private and the public, the functional and the impractical

5 mins

Renovating A National Artist

By respecting its original program, Rebecca Plaza revives a Leandro Locsin house to last another fifty years

4 mins

Natural Flow

Jakarta-based studio Nataneka Arsitek embraces natural movement within a crisp, modernist package

3 mins

Design, Build, Maintain

Three disappointed clients create Magis Homes so their customers can afford Calma, Galicia, Periquet, Yulo, and Yupangco designs constructed and cared for by a trusted builder

9 mins

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BluPrint is the definitive authority for Architecture and Design in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It heralds the best and most relevant design projects, products, technologies, and solutions to continuously inspire the design community across market segments.