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People (https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/people/)
Studio (https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/studio/)
Social Architecture (https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/social-
architecture/)
"Social Architecture"
is architecture that creates with communities in mind. It operates more in the manner of discovery and
exploration, rather than breakthroughs and invention. It promotes qualities that create a gentler and more
harmonious pace of societal development than the peaks and throughs of triumphalist achievement. We
believe in promoting this as a studio with the idea that humanity’s story must, more and more, be socially
inclusive than selectively exclusive.
Awards and Recognition
2019 The Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards - Outstanding Category
2017 SIA-Getz Architecture Prize Award, Nominee
William Ti Jr.
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/william-ti-jr/)
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2019 Architectural Conceptual Design Contest for the Diliman Property (PSALM)
The East Grid
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/the-east-grid/)
2019 Green Good Design Award for Place Making: Public Architecture
2019 Design Anthology Winner -
Cultural, Arts & Educational Spaces Category
2018 German Design Award,
Excellent Communications Design Architecture
2018 Haligi ng Dangal - People's Choice Award Nominee
2017 Architizer A+Awards Winner
2016 WAN Awards Finalist
2016 World Architecture Festival Finalist
2016 American Architecture Prize, Honorable Mention
The Book Stop Project
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/courtyard-city-2/)
2018 BCI Top 10 Architecture Firms in the Philippines
2015 BCI Top 10 Architecture Firms in the Philippines
WTA Architecture + Design Studio
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/wta-architecture-design-studio/)
2018 Architizer’s A+ Popular Choice Award Winner
2017 World Architecture Festival Finalist
El Museo del Prado en Filipinas
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/el-museo-del-prado/)
2017 World Architecture Festival Finalist
The Chapel of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/the-chapel-of-st-benedict-and-st-
scholastica/)
2017 World Architecture Festival Finalist
One Mall Valenzuela
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/one-mall-valenzuela/)
2016 Xuanxi North Competition Beijing
Shortlist
Courtyard City
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/courtyard-city/)
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2015 World Architecture Festival Finalist
The Urban Block
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/the-urban-block/)
2013 Archstoyanie Competition Moscow Winner
Sousveillance
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/sousveillance/)
2013 Vauxhall Mising Link Competition Shortlist
Vauxhall Kinection
(https://www.wtadesignstudio.com/award-recognition/vauxhall-kinection/)
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Architecture that engages society.
Architecture that is barrierless.
Architecture as a social network.
WTA Architecture and Design Studio is one of the Top 10 Architectural Firms in the Philippines in 2018 as cited
by BCI Asia. It is multidisciplinary group of young and idealistic architects and interior designers, and urban
planners and engineers based in Manila, Philippines. The office participates in a wide range of design activities
with a focus in socially relevant designs geared towards beautifying Manila and building a better city. WTA
focuses on finding solutions for the dichotomy of big and small projects, and simple and complex ideas. The
firm emphasizes its strong focus on ideas and the design process where programs are broken down and
evolved in the studio and projected towards the surrounding community and city.
To date, WTA has worked on luxury residences and condominium towers suburban mass and housing and
skyscrapers, branch offices and corporate headquarters, dormitories and luxury hotels, retail shops and
shopping center. This time-condensed wide range of expenses has allowed us to explore and anticipate the
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urban trends and growth patterns in our city. Our projects continue to explore the possibilities for the city of
tomorrow and to develop exciting new ideas for how we live, work and enjoy in our built environment.
As part of our focus on the development of experiences and ideas, WTA partnered with a variety of urban
change agents like Artesan Prime Properties (a design-oriented urban property developer), the Book Stop
Project (a data gathering and book distribution and proliferation urban research device), and Anthology
Architecture and Design Festival Manila (the largest celebration of architecture and design in the Philippines).
The studio also explores collaborative projects with government offices and institutions as well as conducting a
semiannual design workshop focusing on concept and ideas for different parts of Manila.
WTA Architecture and Design Studio, founded in 2007 by its principal architect, William Ti. Ti Jr., is a
collaborative office headed by William together with Melissa Mae Tan, Elmer Suerte, Kenneth Yu, and Ricardo
Alina. It is a Filipino architectural design firm composed of over 90 architects and designers working on over
400 projects in different stages of development all over the Philippines.
Copyright 2017 WTA Architecture + Design Studio.
All Rights Reserved.
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