Ramon Cojuangco Building

The Ramon Cojuangco Building (RCB) is an International style office building in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Ramon Cojuangco Building
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	International
Address	Makati Avenue
Town or city	Makati, Metro Manila
Country	Philippines
Coordinates	14°33′15″N 121°01′25″E
Current tenants	PLDT Inc.
Inaugurated	1982
Owner	PLDT Inc.
Technical details
Floor count	15
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Leandro Locsin

History

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]

Architecture and design

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 ambiguous". The building is noted to exhibit's Locsin's "floating effect".^[4]