With the Berlinale in full swing, with Filipino films like Venice Atienza’s ‘Last Days at Sea’ celebrating our return to one of the world’s largest film festivals, I am reminded of my first time in Berlin VICTORY OVER PARIS On top of Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate,...
Not many will contradict me if I say that the works of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and sci-fi legend Isaac Asimov are especially noteworthy for their world-building, for conjuring up a specific universe that we are happy to be transported to time and time again. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that...
The Philippine answer to ‘How Will We Live Together,’ the theme of this year’s exhibition theme LIFTING THE RAFTERS TOGETHER Workers carrying a section of a rafter from the fabrication area to the site for installation. (Photo by Alexander Eriksson Furunes) In the curatorial statement of...
Fans are agog over a recent social media post of a student from the University of Sto. Tomas. It is about the student's classmate getting good grades without having to work for it. She didn’t name names but many of those who’ve read the post believes the student was referring to actress Mikee...
The Gherkin in London, the HSBC Building in Hong Kong, the Apple Park in Cupertino, La Garenne-Colombes in Paris, the South Beach in Singapore—all of these properties have challenged the notion of what traditional architecture is, and showed the world how the architectural envelope can be further...
On colonialism and neoliberalism in Philippine architecture STRUCTURE X CULTURE Biennale Architettura 2018, Philippines Pavilion I’ve always thought of architecture as a very technical field or at least too technical for me. Although it is among the seven fields of arts, I...
Tucked between a grocery store and a pizza chain in Jaro district of Iloilo City is an architectural showroom that has become another haven for local Ilonggo artists. ‘Bùtlak’ artists A.R Sculptura Space, the architectural showroom of husband and wife Joseph Carl Albert and Margarette...
