Powering buildings with energy-efficient technologies
By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino
Special Features Writer
AS EXCESSIVE electricity consumption increasingly takes its toll on the environment, building administrators will have to adopt energy-efficient...
Pritzker prize goes to Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
NEW YORK -- Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, a pioneer of low-cost housing design, won the prestigious Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, considered architecture’s Nobel equivalent.
The...
Transporting food safely to urban centers
A WORKSHOP at the Far Eastern University (FEU) is teaching architecture students how to create sustainable communities to avoid amplifying urban problems.
A case in...
Home flippers pile into the US market, scoring higher profits
NEW YORK -- Property investors were bullish on the US housing market in 2017, flipping more homes than in any year since 2006, when...
Upscale builder Alveo Land is on a roll
By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran,
Special Features Writer
SALES swell for Ayala Land, Inc.’s (ALI) upscale property brand Alveo Land. And foreign businessmen from countries like...
Island Cove embraces tech in race for leisure property market share
By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino,
Special Features Writer
SURGING DEMAND for travel promos and new attractions posted on social media is amping up competition in the...
Outlook mixed amid perceived construction boom
By Mark T. Amoguis, Researcher
REAL ESTATE players are less bullish about the sector’s performance and the economy in the first quarter and the next...
Damosa Land pumping P2.5B to build more homes, condos
DAVAO CITY — Mindanao-headquartered property developer Damosa Land, Inc. (DLI) is investing about P2.5 billion to build the residential components of its existing and...
With IT parks and competitive rents, Quezon City reels in more office builders
By Francis Anthony T. Valentin,
Special Features Assistant Editor
ROBINSONS LAND Corp. (RLC) recently held a topping-off ceremony for one of its newest structures, the Zeta...
Palafox backs MyCitiHomes in its biggest project yet
PALAFOX Associates’ principal architect and urban planner Felino “Jun” Palafox, Jr. — a name that’s been equated with sustainable architecture — has been known...
A Belgian Castle painted by Peter Paul Rubens is now on market
NEW YORK — If finding the home of your dreams is an art form, there’s no doubt the famed painter Peter Paul Rubens knew...
Proptech, and soon AI, to change house hunting
By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino
Special Features Writer
PROPERTY TECHNOLOGY is changing the face of the local real estate business today, offering boundless opportunities for both...