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The Philamlife Tower is an office
skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
located in
Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
,
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. It is owned and developed by Philam Properties Corporation, the real estate arm of the
Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company The AIA Philippines Life and General Insurance Company Inc. (commonly known by its trade name AIA Philippines and formerly known as the Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company or Philam Life) is an insurance company based in the ...
(Philamlife, now AIA Philippines). Standing at 200 metres (656 feet), it is currently the 7th-tallest building in Makati, and is the 14th-tallest building in the country and Metro Manila as well. The building has 48 floors above ground, and 5 basement levels for parking. It is also the current headquarters of
AIA Philippines The AIA Philippines Life and General Insurance Company Inc. (commonly known by its trade name AIA Philippines and formerly known as the Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company or Philam Life) is an insurance company based in the ...
since 2023, which will be renamed to AIA Tower.


Location

The building is located inside the
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along
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in Makati, just a few meters away from its intersection with
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. The building is directly across the Ayala Triangle. It is a walk away from most of Makati's other major office buildings including the current tallest office building in the country, the
PBCom Tower The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as PBCom Tower, is an office skyscraper ranked officially as the second tallest building in the Philippines. It was previously the tallest building in the Philippines, a title it ...
, and entertainment centers like
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,
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and
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.


Design

The Philamlife Tower was designed by international architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLPin association with local architecture firm W.V. Coscolluela & Associates as Architect of Record. Project and construction management works was provided by American firm Turner International and local company Jose Aliling & Associates, while construction of the building was made by the general contractor company EEI Corporation. The 48-storey office building has large column-free floor plates, and uses fully unitized curtain wall of glass, aluminium panel and granite. The tower proper is incorporated into the system horizontal sunscreens, vertical fins, light bullnoses, crown lighting and balcony trellises. Shallow and deep-set cladding was used extensively on the building envelope. The entrance facades employed mirror stainless steel shopfronts, capped with functional sculpted canopies in hairline finish.Builders Federal Grou
''Philamlife Tower''


Amenities

Among its many features include: 100% raised flooring, which provides space beneath the floor for cabling and wiring, advanced structured cabling systems, automatic parking sensor system, double paned curtain wall, fully integrated building management and proximity card access system, provision for 24-hour air conditioning, 16 high speed elevators, and a helipad. It also has eight corner offices per floor to a private club facility, as well as, a cafeteria for tenants.Turner Construction Compan
''Projects - Philamlife Tower''
The Philamlife building incorporates 60,000 m2 of prime leasable office space, a private club facility, two major banking halls and required support services. It also has The Tower Club, a private business club for corporate executives at the 33rd and 34th floor. The Club has an executive boardroom, six function or private dining rooms, two restaurants and a bar. The Club also houses a fitness center. The Tower Clu
''About Tower Club''
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See also

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List of tallest buildings in the Philippines The list of tallest buildings in the Philippines, which ranks skyscrapers throughout the country. Tallest completed buildings This list ranks the highest completed skyscrapers and buildings in the Philippines as of July 2022. Buildings and ...


References


External links


Philamlife Tower at EmporisPhilamlife Tower at Skyscraperpage.com
{{Manila Skyscrapers Skyscrapers in Makati Skyscraper office buildings in Metro Manila Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings Office buildings completed in 2000