March 9, 2010

Triangle North of Manila

Ayala Land, the company that developed the beautiful Anvaya Cove, also has several malls in Metro Manila and in other urban centers all over the Philippines. In general, their malls are the loveliest and most architecturally interesting in the metro, as we've already seen with Greenbelt 4 and Greenbelt 5 in Makati City. TriNoma is their first mall in Quezon City and though I've already featured one of its fountains and the island Starbucks at its rooftop, this is the first time I managed to get a photo of its curved facade at the corner of Mindanao and North Avenues. I took this on a weekday two hours before the mall opened and the hordes of people usually found at this entrance haven't arrived yet.

curved facade of TriNoma mall

25 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Clever of you to get there first. Thinking like a true photographer!

James said...

That's the way to do it. If I wasn't so lazy I would get up early to take pictures.
I like the lines and curves in this shot.

Reena said...

im not fond trinoma's design esp that long wal parallel to EDSA. parang pinabayaan lng nila yung wall na yun. hehe

Lowell said...

This is quite striking. I've long been impressed with the architectural uniqueness of your Manila malls.

Louis la Vache said...

hee hee
Better the Manila Triangle than the Bermuda Triangle!

Anonymous said...

It looks beautiful indeed.

A wonderful Tuesday for you.

Verna Luga said...

pretty as usual ... I was wondering nga bakit walang katao-tao ... so clever of you... good day Hilds.

gogouci said...

Very industrious of you to arrive so early. I'd say it was worth it.

JTG (Misalyn) said...

Looks beautiful.Nice architecture. Never been there :-( Hay ano ba yan dami ko dapat mapuntahan at makita sa Metro Manila.

Chuck Pefley said...

Curves in architecture are very restful to my eye.

Kaori said...

I love shopping but I hate the crowds. Wish the mall were like this all the time :)

Olivier said...

une belle architecture pour cet ensemble et meme un starbuck ;)

Dina said...

Graceful curves, even the tree.

Thanks for pointing me to Dogberry. I enjoyed reading your husband's work.

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Beautiful architecture !! Nice shot !!

brattcat said...

I love how lush it is, those terraced gardens in the background particularly.

Irredento Urbanita said...

It looks so modern. Nice shadows.

Regards

Valery

Deden said...

very clean and neat building.. it must be nice hanging around there..

Anonymous said...

I should be more motivated like you!

Hilda said...

Uh, thanks for thinking me a very dedicated photoblogger everyone, but the only reason I was there very early was because I had to meet my friends who were picking me up in a coffee shop at the other end of the mall. :)

johnny said...

Hola Hilda,
Tienes un premio en mi Blog, para tu estupenda colección.
Un abrazo

Halcyon said...

Thanks for going the extra mile to get us an unfettered shot. I like the curvy building.

Lois said...

How interesting! I wish we had malls that looked like this one.

Cezar and Léia said...

I see that the Phillipines is boosting modern architecture, it's really nice!
God bless you!
Cezar

VP said...

I like the curved facade and almost everything else. As I already wrote your contemporary architecture is really good, even for a mall!

stromsjo said...

Curves in all the right places. I'll echo Lois, why can't we have a tasteful mall to look at?