31/10/2025
DMCI Homes Leisure Residences’ Moncello Crest in Tuba, Benguet is one of the GantimPALA 2025 Merit Awardees and the sole winner in the Developer Awards Category!
Moncello Crest was recognized for its remarkable landscape design at the GantimPALA 2025 Awards Night organized by the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA) last October 25 at the Quezon City Meetings, Incentives, Conference & Exhibitions (M.I.C.E.).
The GantimPALA Merit Award honors projects that exemplify design excellence, innovation, environmental sensitivity, and professional distinction in Philippine Landscape Architecture.
Among 19 entries, Moncello Crest emerged as the sole winner of the GantimPALA 2025 Developer Awards.
The Developer Awards Category recognizes the works of Filipino landscape architects working for real estate development corporations, as well as the corporations themselves, for acknowledging the valuable role landscape architects play in creating spaces where people live, work, and spend recreation in.
Designed by DMCI Homes’ award-winning Concepts and Landscape Management Department, led by its Assistant Vice President, Landscape Architect Alexis S. Valiente, Moncello Crest captures the essence of Baguio’s timeless charm through a thoughtful approach that harmonizes nature, design, and community living.
Shaped by nature and rooted in old Baguio charm, Moncello Crest is an eco-agricultural mountain resort condotel that redefines the highland experience through a dialogue of nature, community, and design.
Rooted in ecological responsiveness, experiential design, and community well-being, the development brings the old Baguio charm—cool pine landscapes, terraced gardens, and intimate communal spaces—while embracing the land’s natural topography, integrating sustainable architecture, and celebrating cultural identity.
A proud recognition of DMCI Homes’ commitment to creating meaningful, sustainable spaces where people and nature thrive together.
In the photo (from left to right): Diomari G. Centeno - Chair, Organizing Committee GantimPALA 2025; Zenaida D. Galingan - Member, Judging and Criteria committee; Ruben Henry L. Francisco - Landscape Architect, DMCI Homes Concepts and Landscape Management Department; Joseph S. Diquit - Landscape Architect, DMCI Homes Concepts and Landscape Management Department; Alexis S. Valiente - AVP, DMCI Homes Concepts and Landscape Management Department; April Marie Tañedo-Emocling - Manager, DMCI Homes Concepts and Landscape Management Department; Maria Vio Bianca F. Yumikura - Head, Judging and Criteria committee; Norman June V. Brito - President, Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA).
