Robinsons Summit Center

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building_name = Robinsons Summit Center


caption = "The Business Center in the center of business" Robinsons Land Corp. website [http://www.robinsonsproperties.com.ph/rsc.php "Projects - Robinsons Summit Center"] ]
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location = 6783 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
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use = Office
status = Complete
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constructed = 2001
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opening = 2001
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roof = convert|174|m|ft|2|abbr=on
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floor_count = 38
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architect = Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, W.V. Coscoluella & Associates
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developer = Robinsons Land Corporation
owner = JG Summit Holdings, Inc.
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references = Emporis.com [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=robinsonssummitcentr-makati-philippines "Robinsons Summit Center"] ] Skyscraperpage.com [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1366 "JG Summit Center"] ] Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat [http://www.ctbuh.org/Portals/0/Tallest/CTBUH_TallestPhilippines.pdf "Tallest Buildings in the Philippines (as of April 2008)"] ]

The Robinsons Summit Center, formerly known as the JG Summit Center, is an office skyscraper located in Makati City, Philippines. It is owned by JG Summit Holdings, Inc., and developed by its real estate arm, Robinsons Land Corporation. It stands at 174 metres (570.87 feet), it is currently the 5th-tallest building in Makati City, and is one of the highest building in the Philippines.

Design

The Robinsons Summit Center was designed and masterplanned by the renowned architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), in cooperation with local firm W.V. Coscolluela & Associates. The building boasts of an unobstructed view of the Makati skyline from all floors. Its has a double-height main lobby and double-height glass wall frontage, and a three-zone vertical movement configuration for optimum elevator performance. A rooftop master antenna, while providing great potential for the building's communication systems, also serve as an architectural highlight to the entire building.

Location

Strategically situated along Ayala Avenue near the corner of Paseo de Roxas Avenue, The Robinsons Summit Center is accessible and near every other major destination in Makati. Around its area are the Glorietta Mall and Ayala Center, educational institutions like the Asian Institute of Management, the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, and the Ateneo Law School. It is also a few blocks away fron deluxe hotels like [Makati Shangri-La, Manila|Makati Shangri-La] , The Peninsula Manila, Mandarin Oriental Manila, The InterContinental Hotel, Dusit Hotel plus the service facilities of the Makati Medical Center and the Central Post Office.

Ammenities

The building is designed to comprise only 6 units per floor with an average floor plate of only 1,200 sq.m. At the 8th and 9th floors is Fitness First health club, which offers a wide variety of cardio-vascular equipment and weight based machines, free weights, or air-resistance machines. The health club is open to non-tenants as well. The building also has a helipadlocated on the its roofdeck, a 10-level parking with over 390 slots, and is equipped with a state-of-the-art building management and communications system.

References

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=robinsonssummitcentr-makati-philippines Robinsons Summit Center at Emporis]
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1366 JG Summit Center at Skyscraperpage.com]
* [http://www.ayalamap.com/map/buildings/structure/robinsons-summit-center/details.html Robinsons Summit Center at Ayala Map]
* [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=445485 Robinsons Summit Center at Skyscrapercity Forums]