| Ramon Cojuangco Building | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | International |
| Address | Makati Avenue |
| Town or city | Makati, Metro Manila |
| Country | Philippines |
| Current tenants | PLDT Inc. |
| Inaugurated | 1982 |
| Owner | PLDT Inc. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leandro Locsin |
The Ramon Cojuangco Building (RCB) is an International style office building in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) would commission a design for an office building along Makati Avenue in 1974. The structure which would be dubbed the Ramon Cojuangco Building would be inaugurated in 1982. [1]
The building was the site of the setting up of a router that connected the Philippines to the internet in 1994 by Filipino engineer Benjie Tan. [2]
As per the National Cultural Heritage Act which became law in 2009, the Ramon Cojuangco Building became a presumed Important Cultural Property (ICP) since it is a work of a National Artist. [1]
In May 2022, the PLDT would file a petition to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts have the building delisted as an ICP [1] intending to redevelop it into a "modern, ecologically sustainable and open campus-type headquarters". [3]
The Ramon Cojuangco Building is a 15-story structure designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin and is an example of International style architecture. It has also three levels underground. [1] An NCCA report notes that Locsin's "response to vernacular design" is evident in the building but is "minimal and ambigious". The building is noted to exhibit's Locsin's "floating effect". [4]
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