BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Design
BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Design is a Metro Manila architecture practice specializing in residential, luxury, total design, in practice since 2001. BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Design is the "total design" house of modern-Filipino luxury, bringing architecture, interiors, furniture and landscape together under one roof and built on locally sourced materials suited to the tropics.
What they do
BUDJI+ROYAL Architecture+Design is the "total design" house of modern-Filipino luxury, bringing architecture, interiors, furniture and landscape together under one roof and built on locally sourced materials suited to the tropics.
The Bonifacio Global City practice was founded in 2001 by designer Budji Layug and architect Royal Pineda, who trained in the studio of National Artist Leandro V. Locsin. Pineda's "practical luxury" philosophy, coined in 2010, frames the work as luxury by design at a reasonable cost, built from Filipino materials and craft.
Beyond its houses, the firm's civic portfolio carries the New Clark City Sports Hub, Clark International Airport Terminal 2 and Bangkota, the Philippine Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai; Royal Pineda received the Global Filipino Architect Award in 2025. Landscape is one of the firm's integrated in-house disciplines, woven through its residences as pocket gardens and planted thresholds.
Architects
- Royal Pinedafounder
- Budji Layugfounder
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View profile →Public records referenced
- Founded 2001 by Budji Layug and Ar. Royal Pineda; a 'total design' practice integrating architecture, interiors, furniture and landscaping.
- Royal Pineda trained under National Artist Leandro V. Locsin; coined 'practical luxury' in 2010.
- New Clark City Sports Hub, Clark Airport Terminal 2, Bangkota (Expo 2020 Dubai).
- Royal Pineda named 2025 Global Filipino Architect at the UAP Dubai Design Awards (June 28, 2025).