LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, consistently shows its support to the country's designers, architects, and developers as it organized an intimate gathering held recently at the exclusive Manila House, BGC to celebrate their big wins in various categories at the Asia Property Awards 2022-23.

The Asia Pacific Property Awards is one of the biggest and most recognized awards in the industry with over 1,200 entries received from countries across the region. Sponsored by LIXIL Asia through its power brands, GROHE and American Standard for the fourth year, the Asia Pacific Property Awards is the largest branch of the International Property Awards (IPA). The IPA winners were judged rigorously by over 100 of their peers and industry experts on design, quality, service, innovation, originality, and commitment to excellence and hard work.

According to Hermie Limbo, LIXIL country general manager, "It makes me proud to see that the country is well represented in each category of these awards. We consistently support the IPA because excellence and innovation in design are values that are aligned with our brands. The winning entries from the Philippines truly reflect what world-class design is about and we are very proud of them."

This year, five designers and developers were given the Five Star, earning them a nomination on the regional level where they will be re-judged to determine Asia's Best. The regional winner will again be re-judged with other regions of the world for the best overall international project. The results of this process will be announced at the international event of the IPA at the end of the year.

Under the Architecture category, the Five Star winners were AECOM's New Senate Building for Public Service Architecture and LPPA Design Group Inc.'s Mandtra Residences & Mixed Use Development for Residential High Rise Architecture represented by CEO and director of design Arch. Leo Parinas. In the Development category, RHK Land Corporation's The Velaris Residences, represented by Rouen Abel Raz, sales and marketing head, was named Residential High-Rise Development.

Meanwhile, in the Interior Design Category, The Penthouse by Atelier Almario, represented by IDr. Ivy Almario, was also named Five Star for best Residential Interior Apartment. Lastly, under the Real Estate category, Santos Knight Frank, represented by chairman and CEO Rick Santos and director Ivan Ore, was named Real Estate Agency Single Office and Lettings Agency.

Apart from the Five Star winners, the celebration also recognized the other winners in the given categories. In Architecture, Federal Land Inc.'s The Grand Midori Ortigas was named awarded Residential High Rise Structure; Italpina Development Corporation's Casa Al Mare for Architecture Single Residence; Menarco Development Corporation's Menarco Tower for Office Architecture; and PDP Architect's Damosa Diamond Tower for Office Architecture.

In the Development category, the Tryne Enterprise Plaza by Alveo Land Corporation was awarded Best Office Development. Southdale Settings Nuvali by Avida Land Corporation won Residential Development while its Avida Towers Ardane project took was recognized as the best Residential High-Rise Development.

Ayala Land, Inc. also took home two awards — the Ayala Triangle Gardens Tower 2 for Office Development, and Ayala North Exchange, a project in collaboration with AREIT, Inc., won Mixed Use Development. North Bonifacio Landmark Realty & Development Inc.'s Grand Hyatt Manila Residences was named Residential High-Rise Development; RLC Residences' www.rlcresidences.com was named best Developer Website and Vitamin B Inc.'s LUCIMA took home the Development Marketing award.

Alongside Atelier Almario in the Interior Design category, HBA's Casa Buenas at Resorts World Manila was named Hotel Restaurant Interior.