A Famous Architect Has Designed a Museum in France That’s Tailor-Made for Private Collectors

by ARTNET

The Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers could be the first in an international network of collectors’ museums.

Are you a major collector who wants to show off your art, but aren’t interested in bankrolling your own museum (or loaning or donating to a public one)? Now, you have a third option: The Musée des Collectionneurs, a kind of joint exhibition space for private collectors. The first such space is now taking shape in France—with heavyweight backing.

New York-based Steven Holl Architects and the developers Compagnie de Phalsbourg are building the first Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, at the edge of the Loire Valley. The space will be devoted to making “premier” private collections accessible, a spokesperson for Holl’s firm told artnet News. “It’s an answer to collectors who cannot build their own museum, but want to share what they have with the public.”

(The scheme isn’t the first to offer a less pricey alternative to a full-blown private museum: Last year, collector and developer Robbie Antonio announced plans to produce prefabricated, modular museums designed by starchitects.)

Rendering of the museum entrance. Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg and XO3D.

Jean-Jacques Aillagon is a consultant on the Angers project. A former minister for culture, Aillagon advises the billionaire collector François Pinault and famously brought Takashi Murakami to Versailles when he was in charge of the palace outside Paris.

The designers believe the innovative concept is the first of its kind, and while the exact details are still to be announced, we are told there will be no more than four collector shows a year. Compagnie de Phalsbourg hopes to deploy the concept internationally and forge a worldwide network of collectors’ museums, artnet News understands.

The project in Angers includes a boutique hotel alongside the new museum. A call for cutting-edge designs was first launched last year as part of the “Imagine Angers” initiative, a public appeal for submissions geared towards transforming the city on the western edge of the Loire Valley into a cultural hub. 

The competition stressed that proposals should work with the city’s architectural and historical quirks and offer environmental sustainability. It generated 48 proposals for several emblematic sites owned by the city. The museum and hotel will be on the river Maine opposite Angers’ historic castle. 

Rendering of the museum’s entrance from the inside. Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg and XO3D.

Holl impressed the jury with his design of a geo-thermally powered museum. According to a statement from the firm, the design for the more than 5,000-square-foot museum was inspired by the historic Chateau d’Angers, which was built by King Louis IX in the 13th century on the foundation of an even older fortress from the ninth century. 

The museum, which neighbors the city’s biggest theater, Le Quai, will include gallery space for both permanent and temporary exhibitions, education and storage facilities, as well as an atrium for events.

Rendering of the hotel. Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg and XO3D.

The design for the adjacent hotel, which is connected to the museum by a rooftop restaurant, was apparently inspired by a 14th century tapestry known as the “Apocalypse Tapestry,” which is on show across the river at the Chateau d’Angers.

PH Company Secures Billion-Dollar Deal With Dubai Firm

by The Filipino Times

A local designer and supplier of prefabricated structures in the Philippines has set a $3.2B deal with Dubai firm Seven Tides to develop parts of “The World” located in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

The World is a collection of 300 artificial islands which represent the world’s continents and countries, reported Inquirer.

Robbie Antonio, founder and CEO of Revolution Precrafted, said that the developers aim to build two-to-three bedroom luxury apartments and villas in the area which will be priced at $150,000 to $1.5 million.

Antonio added that developments are set to happen in nine islands in The World soon and that the construction will begin in the so-called Coronation Island.

The company currently tries to broaden their market by being more price sensitive. The current target markets are home buyers from Russia and Europe.

Aside from targeting the Russian and European market, Revolution Precrafted also plans to reach 20 more countries in the next 12 months, including Myanmar and other key markets in Southeast Asia.

Revolution Precrafted Ties Up With Myanmar Conglomerate

by The Philippine Star

Revolution Precrafted founder and CEO Robbie Antonio (middle) and KT Group executive director Deborah Kyaw Thaung (right) sign the partnership agreement, while KT Group director Harriett Kyaw Thaung looks on.

MANILA, Philippines — Revolution Precrafted, one of Southeast Asia’s strongest unicorns – or startup companies valued at over $1 billion –  has tied up with Myanmar conglomerate KT Group for several projects, including the $1.2-billion Okkyin City riverside property in Yangon.

“We are excited to announce our agreement for the manufacture, shipping and installation of prefabricated homes to Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. We are also pleased to partner with KT Group, one of the most influential and respected diversified companies in the region,” said Robbie Antonio, Revolution Precrafted founder and CEO.

The non-exclusive agreement involves the manufacture and supply of prefabricated homes in key developments in the historic city of Yangon.

Antonio said Revolution Precrafted has agreed to build residential projects in the Okkyin mixed-used development project, which would cost at least $350 million to develop.

The Okkyin project will include a jetty pier, sports and recreation facilities, bus terminal, green parks, a school, a student accommodation, a business park, a sports hotel, and a riverfront retail and commercial pop-up network.

Aside from Okkyin, Antonio said Revolution Precrafted is also in talks with the KT Group to develop other land assets in Yangon.

Revolution Precrafted intends to build 36-square meter Origins and 23 square meter Crib basics for Myanmar homebuyers. These are simple, sleek but functional prefabricated homes that can be completed in three to six months.

“We believe that these mid-market prefabricated homes will appeal to a significant chunk of the Myanmar population,” Antonio added.

“Myanmar is an emerging economy with 53 million people. We want to take advantage of this sizable market and make it a cornerstone of our regional expansion, especially now that the country is also opening itself to global trade and investments,” Antonio added.

He said Revolution Precrafted’s entry into the Myanmar market is a key milestone that strengthens the companys expansion to Indochina and the rest of the world.

Established in the 1950s, KT Group is one of the largest diversified firms in Myanmar. Its core business is real estate and property development but has since expanded into energy, trading, investments and agriculture. It has also expanded to included branches in Bangalore, India and Kunming, China.

On the other hand, Revolution Precrafted, launched in 2015, is a tech-based property company that disrupted the global architecture, design and art industries through its design-forward homes, pavilions, hotels, furniture, glamping structures, and soon, office spaces.

Still the only unicorn startup in the Philippines, it has in less than two years already partnered with 72 of the world’s preeminent architects, designers and artists, solidying its position as the leading developer of branded precrafted homes.

It is the brainchild of Antonio, son of Century Properties founder and chairman Jose Antonio, who became the youngest person in the Forbes Philippines 50 Richest last year.

PH Prefab Firm Bags Myanmar Deal

by Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Revolution Precrafted, a homegrown supplier of prefabricated structures, is expanding to Myanmar.

The company, founded by Filipino businessman Robbie Antonio, said it had signed a nonexclusive deal with Myanmar’s KT Group to build and supply prefabricated homes in Yangon. This includes the $1.2- billion project Okkyin City, which is being positioned as Myanmar’s landmark sports and internet hub.

“We are excited to announce our agreement for the manufacture, shipping and installation of prefabricated homes to Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. We are also pleased to partner with KT Group, one of the most influential and respected diversified company in the region,” Antonio said in a statement.

“Myanmar is an emerging economy with 53 million people. We want to take advantage of this sizable market and make it a cornerstone of our regional expansion, especially now that the country is also opening itself to global trade and investments,” he added.

Revolution Precrafted claims to be the country’s only unicorn startup given its more than $1 billion valuation.

Myanmar is among a string of countries the firm said it was targeting this year. Earlier this week, it sealed an agreement with developer Seven Tides to build luxury homes in Dubai’s The World project.

Antonio noted in the statement that Revolution Precrafted had agreed to build residential projects in the Okkyin mixed-used development project. This would cost at least $350 million to develop.

As noted, the project would generate a total of $1.2 billion in sales. It could go higher if Revolution Precrafted agrees to build high-rise properties, the statement noted.

The Okkyin project will include a jetty pier, sports and recreation facilities, bus terminal, green parks, a school, a student accommodation, a business park, a sports hotel, and a riverfront retail and commercial pop-up network.

“We believe that these mid-market prefabricated homes will appeal to a significant chunk of the Myanmar population,” Antonio said.

The company’s other projects include the $1.1-billion Batulao Artscapes and the $345-million Revolution Flavorscapes residential communities, both in the Philippines. Batulao Artscapes consists of 8,520 homes while Flavorscapes will have at least 7,100 prefabricated homes.

 

Myanmar’s KT Group Inks Deal With Philippine Unicorn Revolution Precrafted To Build Prefabricated Homes in Myanmar

by Si Thu Aung (iMyanmarHouse.com)

Philippine unicorn Revolution Precrafted, one of Southeast Asia’s strongest unicorn companies, has signed a dealership agreement with Myanmar’s KT Group for the manufacture and supply of prefabricated homes for the property market in Myanmar.

“Myanmar people like Philippines approach in new ways about the housings. They choose the houses compatible with its own culture. We were awed to become the business partners with the Revolution Precrafted which produces the gorgeous prefabricated homes in the World. We will start to build the prefabricated homes in the next three or six months,” said Deborah Kyaw Thaung, Executive Director of KT Group at the agreement signing ceremony of Revolution Precrafted and Myanmar’s KT Group for the economic resurgence in Myanmar held on March 14.

The construction of prefabricated homes is less expensive, saves time and is able to choose the custom design, he added.

“We are excited to announce our agreement for the manufacture, shipping and installation of prefabricated homes to Myanmar, one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. We are also pleased to partner with KT Group, one of the most influential and respected diversified company in the region,” said Robbie Antonio, founder and CEO of Revolution Precrafted.

Revolution Precrafted is the only unicorn startup company in the Philippines, valued at over $ 1 billion. In less than two years after its inception, it has partnered with 72 of the world’s preeminent architects, designers and artist, solidying its position as the leading developer of branded precrafted homes.

KT Group Inks Deal With Philippines Startup To Sell Prefab Homes

By FRONTIER

Myanmar’s KT Group has inked a deal with the Philippines’ most valuable startup to import prefabricated homes and meet growing demand for low-cost housing.

Revolution Precrafted will manufacture and ship homes and pop-up outlets Pop  to Myanmar, the companies said in a statement yesterday after they signed a dealership agreement in Yangon. The prefabricated homes can be completed in just three to six months, including approximately five days of installation, they said.

Revolution Precrafted founder and chief executive officer Mr Robbie Antonio said the deal would give Revolution Precrafted a significant foothold in the real estate market here.

“We believe that these mid-market prefabricated homes will appeal to a significant chunk of the Myanmar population,” Antonio said. “Myanmar is an emerging economy with 53 million people. We want to take advantage of this sizable market and make it a cornerstone of our regional expansion.”

A KT Group spokesperson said homes would start at US$12,000 and retail stores from $20,000. Initially it will sell two types of prefabricated home: the 23-square-metre Revo Crib and 36-square-metre Revo Origin.

“Competitive pricing is something which is very important to us and we continuously strive to lower these costs,” the spokesperson said.

KT Group executive director Daw Deborah Kyaw Thaung said the similarities between the Philippines and Myanmar suggested the company would find strong demand for precrafted homes. 

“The people of Myanmar are looking for a new approach when it comes to their homes. They are looking for personalised spaces that are sophisticated, functional, but affordable,” she said.

In barely two years, Revolution Precrafted has grown to be worth more than $1 billion, offering a range of prefabricated homes, pavilions, hotels, furniture and glamping structures. Its eye-catching designs are created through partnerships with 72 of the world’s leading architects, designers and artists.

Earlier this week Revolution Precrafted announced a $3.2 billion deal to build condominium apartments and hotel villas in Dubai, and is aiming to expand into 20 countries this year.

Established in the 1950s, KT Group’s core business is real estate and property development but its has in recent years diversified into energy, trading, international port terminals, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and agriculture. 

Philippines’ Unicorn Startup Nails $3.2 Billion Deal To Build Luxury Villas In Dubai

by Elyssa Christine Lopez, Esquire

The Philippines’ first unicorn, real estate startup Revolution Precrafted, has signed a landmark $3.2-billion agreement with a Dubai-based property developer that will bring its prefabricated designer structures to the famous man-made archipelago The World Islands in Dubai. It is Revolution Precrafted’s biggest deal so far.

A brainchild of the country’s youngest Forbes magazine rich-lister, Robbie Antonio, the startup signed the deal with Seven Tides for the design, supply and construction of condominium units and hotel villas on one of the artificial islands patterned after the global map. Seven Tides was reported to have bought a cluster of the artificial islands that make up “South America.” The project will be erected on a 2.4-million-square-meter structure named after Coronation Island in Alaska.

“We are proud and excited to partner with one of the best property developers not only in Dubai, but in the world. We will manufacture sophisticated, design-driven precrafted condominium apartments and hotel villas, consistent with the kind of luxurious structures the public have come to expect from us and Seven Tides,” Antonio said in a statement.

Based on the agreement, Revolution Precrafted will manufacture and supply two to three-bedroom prefabricated condominium apartments and hotel villas.

Dubai state-owned Nakheel Properties spearheaded the construction of the artificial islands in 2003, which was envisioned to rival its similar property in United Arab Emirates, Palm Jumeirah. However, work on the ambitious project stalled after the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008 as Dubai World, the emirate’s investment arm, had a hard time repaying its $60-billion debt. The project was resumed only fairly recently. 

“The luxurious look and feel of the condominium apartments and hotel villas will further elevate the status and image of the World Islands as the playground for the most affluent, and privileged residents from Dubai and beyond,” Seven Tides CEO Abdulla Bin Sulayem said. 

Revolution Precrafted’s deal with Seven Tides is on track with the company’s global expansion plan as it aims to sign projects in at least 20 countries this year. It is the company’s first massive property project abroad as it has previously signed agreements for residential communities based in the Philippines. 

In 2017, it signed a deal with Century Properties, the company chaired by Antonio’s father, Jose E.B. Antonio, to supply more than 15,000 precrafted homes in Batulao Artscapes and Flavorscapes, both of which are located in the province of Batangas in southern Luzon in the Philippines.

The startup made a name for tapping world-renowned architects to design precrafted home units, hotels and even furniture, which may be delivered across the globe. While founded only in 2015, the startup achieved unicorn status (or a startup with a total valuation of $1 billion) by October 2017 after it raised an undisclosed amount from a series B funding round led by a Singaporean venture capital firm K2 Global.

This story originally appeared on Entrepreneur.com.ph.

 

Revolution Precrafted Bags Deal In Myanmar

by VG Cabuag, Business Mirror

REVOLUTION Precrafted Properties Inc., a company led by one of the sons of the owners of Century Properties Group Inc. (CPG), said it has signed a nonexclusive agreement with Myanmar’s KT Group for the manufacture and supply of prefabricated homes to be located in key developments in Yangon.

Jose Roberto R. Antonio, founder and CEO of the company, said the company’s entry into Myanmar is a key milestone of its expansion in the region. Antonio is also a director at CPG.

“Myanmar is an emerging economy with 53 million people,” he said. “We want to take advantage of this sizable market and make it a cornerstone of our regional expansion, especially now that the country is also opening itself to global trade and investments.” Antonio added his company has agreed to build residential projects in the Okkyin mixed-used development project, which would cost at least $350 million to develop.

Sales revenues from the project is estimated at $1.2 billion, but the figure may increase if the company agrees to build high-rise properties as well, he said.

Seven Tides Signs $3.2bn Deal To Build Luxury Villas At The World Islands

by GCC News

Dubai-based property developer Seven Tides has signed a $3.2-billion agreement with the Philippines’ Revolution Precrafted to build condominium units and hotel villas on an artificial island in The World Islands in Dubai.

The project will be built on an island named after Coronation Island in Alaska, which boasts an area of 2.4 million square meters. Revolution Precrafted will build and supply two to three-bedroom prefabricated condominium apartments and hotel villas.

Robbie Antonio, the founder of Revolution Precrafted, said: “We are proud and excited to partner with one of the best property developers not only in Dubai but in the world. We will manufacture sophisticated, design-driven pre-crafted condominium apartments and hotel villas, consistent with the kind of luxurious structures the public have come to expect from us and Seven Tides.”

Seven Tides CEO Abdulla Bin Sulayem said, “The luxurious look and feel of the condominium apartments and hotel villas will further elevate the status and image of the World Islands as the playground for the most affluent, and privileged residents from Dubai and beyond.”

Revolution Precrafted aims to sign projects in at least 20 countries this year. The start-up’s deal with Seven Tides is its first massive property project abroad, as its previous agreements included residential communities based in the Philippines.