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Arch.
Enrique P. Gozar, PIA, IDA(HK),
as Managing Director established Gozar Planners (HK) Ltd. in Hong
Kong in 1987 with a starting studio staff of 3 growing to a 9 man
strong design office. The firm was doing a multitude of projects
ranging from large master planning jobs like the Panyu Master Plan
Development in China and the interior renovation and fit-out works
for the "Furama-Kempinski" Hotel in Central. It also did various
interior projects like the offices of Thamesway Pacific of London,
the Dial Corporation of USA, the "La Boheme" and "Kublai's" restaurants
among others.
The
firm branched out to Manila in 1993, establishing Gozar Planners
Philippines Inc. and thereafter has been active in the local scene
executing projects for large developers and banks like Metrobank,
Global Bank, PSBank, East West Bank and major
local residential, townhouse and office condominium developers.
These are exemplified by completed projects like the Ocean Tower
in Roxas Blvd., the PSBank Tower in Buendia, the Metrobank
Center in Ortigas Ave. and many renovation projects for these
banks. The firm completed the new Duty Free - "Fiesta Shopping
Center at the NAIA Airport and is the project design director
and interior architects for the G.T. International Tower in Ayala
Ave.- a 45 story office building designed in NY by KPF Architects.
Arch. Gozar
established the HK firm
originally to provide in-house design service, to the architectural
firm of Architects Hawaii, Far East in HK for it's architectural
and interior design projects all over Asia. This appointment has
brought Mr. Gozar plenty of work experience for large scale and
specialized projects while he was consultant to this firm. He
has traveled extensively in China, The Philippines, Korea, Japan,
Okinawa, Taiwan, Singapore and as far as Mauritius, near South
Africa mainly for hotel projects and large scale master planning
jobs. Among the hotels designed and managed by Mr. Gozar are;
the Furama Hotel in Dalian, China, and the Ramada Renaissance
Hotel in Guilin, China, the interior design of the Rainbow
Hotel and the Forum (i.e. Intercontinental) Hotel both
in Shenzhen, and the architectural and interior design of the
famed Shanghai Swan Hotel. Aside from the hotel projects designed
and administered by Mr. Gozar are large scale master planning
jobs like the 20 year Master Plan for the Sheraton Okinawa
Hotel in Seoul, Korea . Another is the proposed Hainan
World Trade Center for the Suzuki Co. of Japan, the 10 year
planning for the Kenny Hill Residential Development in Malaysia,
the American Club in Singapore, the Irabu Marina and Resort
Development in Irabu, Japan.
His
appointment has also provided him with a wealth of on-hand management
experience in managing these projects from feasibility studies
to design development and up the to project construction stage.
Projects he saw completed whilst in HK are the expansion and renovations
works for the Discovery Bay Golf & Country Club and
the Residents Club , both in Discovery Bay, Lantao Island, Hong
Kong. Also a 33 unit Luxury Village Housing development
in Shatin, the prestigious Prudential Bldg.- a mixed commercial/office
building in HK and various residential, and commercial interiors.
Prior to joining Architects Hawaii, Mr. Gozar has been in the
employment of reputable firms like DMJM International,
then the largest US architectural and engineering firm with offices
worldwide. He was assigned to its Tokyo and Manila offices doing
specialized and classified military design projects. Among them
the Nuclear Shelters for the US Military machine, the Mobile
Missile Tracking Facility & Stations in various locations
in Japan, the Naval Exchange (now "Duty Free Phils.") in
Subic, and the Mac Terminal (Airport) Extension and the
Aerospace Branch in Clark Air Base, Pampanga.
He
went to Hong Kong in Dec. 1977 where he was invited
by the architectural firm of Eric Cumine Associates, by then the
largest practice in HK. He was assigned as team leader and design
architect for the Marco Polo Hotel and the Prince Hotel
in the "Harbour City" complex. He was principal graphics designer
the whole "Harbour City" development. He also did the planning
for the "Harbour City" Sports Center and a luxury apartment building
in Barker Rd. Hong Kong.
After
completing three full years, he then joined the offices of Wong
Tung International, a Texas, USA based American- Chinese
firm in HK. In this practice he has been involved mainly in the
development of the Discovery Bay project- a large "resort
type" residential project for a planned community of 5,000 families.
It has hotel, commercial, institutional, transport and public
amenity development within. Mr. Gozar's primary involvement was
the design and supervision of the Outer Ring Luxury Houses in
Phase 1 and the Discovery Bay Golf Club development; a
24 hour, 27 hole International Class Golf Course designed by Robert
Trent Jones II.
Mr.
Gozar started his professional practice in the Philippines
where he was, in 1974 an Associate Architect of the architectural
firm of E.L. Mariano & Associates . Whilst there he co-designed
the Bank of the Philippine Islands headquarters in Ayala Ave.,
and it's 17 branches all over the Philippines, the first Ayala
parking building in Ayala Center, the IRRI Staff Housing and
several office and commercial buildings at various locations in
the Philippines and one in Dubai. He was project architect for
the PCARR Master Plan, an International Rice Research Institutes'
center for studies with indoor and outdoor laboratories and office
buildings in Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna.
While
in the same employment, he acted as design consultant to the firms
of American Architects and Engineers Phils. (AAEP) and
Overseas Architects and Engineers Phils. (OAEP) on the
proposed "Jalecor" Resort Master Plan and "Jalecor" Warehousing
Facility and the redevelopment and extension to the "Army Navy
Club" in Luneta, Manila. Prior to all these and during his final
years in college he has worked (while studying in night classes)
for the architectural practice of C.D. Arguelles and Associates,
then a large architectural firm famous for their works like the
Philamlife Building, the Ayala Center's Quad Theater and the Manila
Hilton Hotel project.
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