BluPrint: Architecture and Design

Interiors hold more than the objects and people within them. They carry memory, express identity, and shape how a place is experienced and remembered.

In this issue, BluPrint explores interiors as storytellers of memory and lived experience, from homes and places of hospitality to cultural landmarks that have become part of the country’s collective memory.

At its heart is the Philippine International Convention Center, a National Cultural Treasure marking its 50th anniversary and an enduring expression of Filipino creativity and craftsmanship.

The Poetics of Space
BluPrint Volume 3
Out on Digital October 1, 2026
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The Philippines has named ten new National Artists across architecture, design, visual arts, literature, dance, film and broadcast arts, theater, and music.

The Order of National Artists is the country’s highest national recognition for Filipinos who have made significant contributions to Philippine arts and culture. Jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the honor recognizes a lifetime of work that contributes to the country’s cultural heritage.

The 2026 National Artists are Gabriel “Gabby” Formoso †, Maria Beatriz “Patis” Tesoro, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Nunelucio Alvarado, Nicanor Tiongson, Gregorio Brillantes †, Rafael “Nonoy” Froilan, Armando “Bing” Lao †, Teodoro “Teddy” Hilado †, and Alfredo S. Buenaventura.

A country is known by what it creates, and by what it chooses to remember. Together, their work becomes part of the country’s cultural memory.

† Posthumous ...

How can design give people room to pause?

For interior designer Cecil Ravelas, spaces influence how people feel, think, and move through the world. Through pause., an experiential installation at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s Design + Arts Campus, she considers how light, sound, materiality, and spatial qualities can support quiet, reflection, and restoration.

Her approach draws from ideas familiar to Filipino experience: maaliwalas, hinga, and ginhawa, or spaciousness, breath, and ease. These are qualities the body can register even before the mind does.

The thinking extends beyond spaces created specifically for wellness. Schools, workplaces, hospitals, hospitality spaces, and homes can all consider peace of mind and wellbeing as part of how environments are designed and experienced. ...

Tradition does not always move forward by leaving the past behind.



Shido takes its name from _shidō_ (始動), meaning “starting in motion.” The restaurant builds on this idea through a philosophy of continuous evolution grounded in tradition. Across its food and interiors, Shido explores how established traditions can find new expression in a contemporary setting.



Rather than treating tradition as something fixed in the past, Shido approaches it as a starting point for what comes next. ...