Greetings and Happy New Year 2021!

The pandemic many of us unable to travel freely, the public transportation was reorganized, and now I am not sure if the commuting directions provided here still applies.

In the next few days, I will be removing the "How to commute" section of each building post until I can travel again and assess the status of public transportation system.

Thank you for continuing to visit Tectonium.

Privato Ortigas
The Privato Ortigas Hotel is a high-rise building with small square glass windows on its upper 2/3. Its lower 1/3 with a larger area has a branching plant-like design in front, which seems to be made of metal. The side of the building visible in this photo has recesses at every floor on the upper 2/3 containing what appears to be external parts of airconditioning units. The side of the lower 1/3 is a flat concrete wall as if it's a firewall. 706 Shaw Boulevard, Kapitolyo, Pasig
MCC Center
The MCC Center is a vertical, low-rise building with a green glass and concrete facade. Its ground floor has a gray facade that provides a cover on the sidewalk in front of it. The cover has Metrobank Card written on its front and side. The top has a green flattened triangular concrete structure. 6778 Ayala Ave., Makati
CyberOne Building
CyberOne Building, as seen from along the Orchard Road near its southern end that intersects with Eastwood Avenue. CybeOne is a gray high-rise building with alternating horizontal bands of concrete and glass windows. Decorative letters forming MEGAWORLD is near its top, just above the topmost glass row. 11 Eastwood Ave., Eastwood City Cyberpark, Libis, Quezon City
OMM-Citra Building
In this picture, the OMM-Citra Building is the building at the center with blue-green glasses for a facade. Its top floor and lower podium floors (second and third) have an orange concrete facade. The main entrance has an arc on which OMM-Citra is embedded. Partially seen in this picture are the Octagon Center on the left and The Linden Suites on the right. 39 San Miguel Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig
Asian Century Center
The Asian Century Center is a mid-rise building with a blocky appearance. Its appearance can be described as alternating rows of concrete walls and viewing ports. The upper floors have viewing ports made of glass windows, while the lower levels, except the ground floor, have viewing ports made of steel railings through which the support columns are visible. Plants in the foregrounds cover the ground floor, but its glass walls are still visible. A gray diagonal steel beam covers what appears to be a high ceiling floor between the topmost floor with steel railings and the lowest floor with glass windows. This diagonal steel bends upward and covers a small part of the floors with glass windows extending to the top of the building. This picture was shot while standing across 3rd Avenue near the curved passage connecting it to Rizal Drive. 27th St. cor 4th Ave., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
KPMG Center
The KPMG Center is made mostly of a white concrete structure. Its two lowest floors are recessed with four Greek-like columns in front of them that extends from the ground to the next higher level. The stories above the Greek columns have matrices of rectangular glass windows. The top of the building has a triangular concrete structure akin to a roof. 6787 Ayala Ave., Makati City
Net Park
Net Park is a high-rise building with a facade of glass windows and diagonal beams. The diagonal pattern extends all the way to the top such that the top of the building is a diagonal structure. The lower podium levels, which is 1/4 the height of the building, has iron and concrete facade and no diagonal pattern but has horizontal recesses that seem to indicate parking spaces or mechanical rooms. The ground floor has visible cylindrical columns, and beyond these columns are glass walls. 5th Ave., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Platinum 1000
The Platinum 1000 building is a high-rise building with mainly a white concrete facade the floors are made of alternating balconies with visible windows on recessed walls. The top floors seem to have a column of arrow-shaped glass panels that bisects the terraces into the left and right sections. Four cyan concrete pillars are visible, running through the balconies. The ground floor has a brown tile facade with an arc above the main entrance bearing the signage The Platinum 1. 16 Annapolis St., San Juan

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