page_title: Mandarin Oriental Manila
section_title: Fate of the hotel building
hierarchical_section_title: Mandarin Oriental Manila / History / Fate of the hotel building
caption_attribution_description: English: Gradual demolition works of the Mandarin Oriental Manila as of December 2015. Tagalog: Ang unti-unting pag-giba sa Mandarin Oriental Manila. Disyembre 2015.
context_page_description: Mandarin Oriental Manila was a hotel along Makati Avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, managed by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin. The old building is undergoing demolition and a replacement nearby is set to open in 2020.
context_section_description: The Heritage Conservation Society (HCS) expressed concern on its Facebook page about the possible demolition of the old Mandarin Oriental Manila building along with InterContinental Manila. Former HCS Vice President and member of the group's Advisory Council, Domic Garcia, who is also an architect, urged for the buildings not to be demolished and argued that while not all of the works of architect Leandro Locsin should be preserved, his best works should. He also suggested that the buildings may be reused for other purposes or integrated into a new design; specifically, he proposed to use the  Mandarin Oriental building as the base of a new and taller tower complimenting the architecture of the older building. The HCS also cited the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, which stated that works of National Artists such as Locsin were considered as important cultural property.
  Under the National Cultural Heritage Act, a site can only be declared a heritage site if it is at least 50 years old. The Mandarin Hotel building was about 38 years old on its full closure in 2014.
  Ayala Land stated on September 2014 that the redevelopment of the site of the Mandarin Oriental Manila was being planned along with architectural consultations with LVLP, the firm of Leandro Locsin. The redevelopment of the site of InterContinental Manila was also being planned.
caption: Gradual demolition works of the building. December 2015.
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