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Slater Young’s newest real estate venture, “The Rise at Monterrazas,” secured the esteemed Architizer A+ Jury award. The former Pinoy Big Brother Big Winner shared his excitement about the achievement on his Instagram account.

It can be read, “This award definitely hits different. The Rise at Monterrazas was competing against world-class projects from over 80 countries across the globe. To come out on top with the Architizer A+ Jury Award is a great honor.

This award was given by Architizer’s illustrious international jury, comprising architects and designers, and leaders, and creatives. is a well-deserved win by the people who put their heart and soul into this project – the architects, designers, and the entire team behind The Rise at Monterrazas. Nakaka proud to help place Filipino design in the international spotlight.”

Famous celebrities like Dra. Vicki Belo, Kimpoy Feliciano, Sam YG, and others congratulated him. This garnered various reactions and comments from netizens, especially from the industry Slater belongs to.

“Unique eye catching and sustainable design, looking forward to supporting the sustainable journey in The Rise. Such a light tower project in the Philippines. Well integrated into the landscape. Congrats to the team.”

“A mixture of cozy and naturalistic ambiance, couldn’t imagine that city living can be combined with nature.”

“Congrats po engr and to the whole LLG architects!”

“Your team effort is beyond compare. Congratulations! Well-deserved win!”

“Congratulations! You are driven by research and development, so proud of you.”

The Architizer A+ Awards represent the foremost program dedicated to recognizing and honoring outstanding architecture and spaces each year.

Previously, when his project was unveiled, it received a range of responses, with some online users raising doubts about the structure’s sustainability. Slater subsequently explained that they underwent approximately 300 revisions to achieve “the best possible practice” and consulted with sustainability experts.

In his YouTube vlog, Slater discussed the background story of his latest project named The Rise at Monterrazas.

“We wanted it to be architecturally forward, something that Cebu or the Philippines has never seen before. We wanted it to be not just maganda tingnan but very, very usable din and may [add] benefit to the user. And lastly because we are building on the mountain side, we want the project to be sustainable as possible,” he said.

Slater mentioned that the design takes inspiration from a famous natural feature in the Philippines—the Banaue Rice Terraces.

“We got inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces. So instead of a normal building which is typically straight up and down. we kind of like worked with the terrain. We just pushed everything towards the terrain and just followed the flow of the mountain so this is the whole concept behind this one,” he explained.

“We pushed everything towards the mountain and just worked with the terrain. So each and every space was pushed towards the back and with that we were able to create this free-flowing design. But not only that, this whole structure is spread out across the mountain making it a whole lot safer and less ‘yung environmental impact natin,” he also added. 

*Cover Photo/Thumbnail Photo: Screenshot from YouTube/Slater Young