Architecture that speaks: Palafox group's triumph in Dubai

When the skyline of Dubai was still a mirage on the horizon, a young Filipino urban planner stepped onto the desert sands with a vision.

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Nearly five decades later, Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. returns—not just to remember—but to be remembered. At the 2025 UAP Dubai Design Awards, held in the UAE’s architectural epicenter, Palafox Architecture Group Inc. (PAGI) earned two distinguished honors, not merely for structures of steel and stone, but for storytelling through design.