Setting world-class standards in luxury development

ARTIST’S perspective of Signa Designer Residences lobby

The real estate market seems to be continually expanding and the demand for condo living is at its highest. Condominiums just seem to be the most practical solution, given the high cost of land and our worsening traffic problems.

In the condo sector, Makati continues to be the prime location. With lavish shopping and fine-dining experiences nearby, young urbanites prefer to live and work in Makati. A condo in Makati is their key to a cosmopolitan lifestyle.

Robinsons Land Corp., through its Luxuria brand, is setting world-class standards in luxury development. These projects now cater to a new breed of highly accomplished professionals with redefined tastes in aesthetics and uncompromising desire for status.

Their latest condo project is Signa Designer Residences. The project is at the corner of Valero and Rufino streets in Salcedo Village on a prime 2,570-square-meter property. The twin-tower development will boast of a 30-story Tower 1 and a 29-story Tower 2. Signa is a joint venture between Robinsons Land and Security Land Corp.

Signa is this year’s winner of Best High-rise Residential Development in the country from the Asia Pacific International Property Awards. An artistic collaboration among globally recognized and most-sought-after Filipino designers Royal Pineda, Budji Layug and Kenneth Cobonpue, Signa carries with it a sophistication that’s seamlessly interwoven in every detail of the development.

Mybelle Gobio, Robinsons senior vice president, told me that their vision is to create an oasis in the middle of Makati. Thus, Signa Designer Residences has a modern tropical aesthetic, with landscaping and soothing greenery in its central plaza.

The Signa lobby will have a five-star hotel feel, with natural paver stones conveying a tropical ambience. The Grand Atrium will feature 10-meter tall stilts with restaurants, gardens and courtyards all around. Twenty-meter-long reflection pools are integrated into the designs—a clear, open garden in the midst of the city.

Simplicity is the subtle cue throughout Signa. On the second level are full amenities including a gym with showers and steam rooms, swimming pool, meditation enclave, therapy and massage rooms, game room with bar, private theater and function rooms. Families with young children will appreciate the kiddie pool and indoor playroom. Beyond the building’s iconic design, residents of Signa Designer Residences can look forward to efficient and personalized property management services by Robinsons Luxuria. For details on Signa Designer Residences, call 397-0292 or visit www.robinsonsluxuria.com.

Let me end with a congratulatory note to the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID), the professional organization of interior designers  in the country, which is celebrating its 49th anniversary this year. The grand affair, “A Prelude Begins … 50th!” was held at the Dusit Thani Manila.

I’m proud to be a member of PIID and wish I could have attended to see the conferment of the College of Fellows (COF) given to designers Ma. Theresa Magcase, Lilia De Jesus and Raquel Florendo for the contributions to the interior design profession. Congratulations to PIID president Rogelio Caringal, College of Fellows chancellor Johnny Hubilla and College of Fellows scribe Jacqueline Vega.

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