Will Metro Manila residents be able to enjoy the landmark after the renovation?
“Palafox Associates—the architectural consultant to the Manila Army and Navy Club restoration project—shared its initial designs for the national historic landmark’s transition into a five-star boutique hotel, which were presented to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) last September 11,” reports Tricia Macas on GMA News Online.
The report noted: “In an email to GMA News Online, Palafox Associates chief operations officer Michael de Castro said that the firm’s designs are still subject to revision upon final review of the NHCP.”
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The firm, as the report revealed, “is still waiting for the final detailed engineering study of AMH Philippines, the structural consultant of the project, to proceed with the final designs.”
The report also provided this quick background on the landmark: “Designed by William Parsons in the last years of the 19th century, the Manila Army and Navy Club was a neocolonial revival edifice that served as an exclusive club for American military officers. It was turned into a bomb shelter and evacuation center during World War II.”
Screengrabs of images provided by Palafox Associates, as posted on GMA News Online
