Manila is no doubt a melting pot of cultures and lifestyles that millions now call home. There is seemingly a nook for everyone, every niche, every community; and yet, what an outsider might always come to recognise and admire is that Filipinos are innately tied by a common warmth, hospitality and pride for their own heritage and traditions. Having been to the country countless times herself, Francesca Muzio, the renowned architect and entrepreneur at the helm of Italian interior design company FM Architettura, attests to this very fact during a conversation with Tatler.
“I just love coming back to the Philippines because I
