SunStar + April 19, 2021 When Dumaguete City clients come to architect Ned and Menell Carlos, they habitually know what to assume, but they can never fairly express accurately what they will get. Both are modernists who have verified over and over again that simple and practical are not adverse. Their aptitude to invoke commercial and institutional architecture without excess has made them the architects of choice for local corporations and schools for whom they fashion buildings so alluring in their details, so corporeal, and so spatially captivating. Architect Ned and Menell are alumni of the University of San Carlos in Cebu City and received valuable involvement in several of Cebu City’s top firms before débuting their own studio. Ned started out with Espina, Perez-Espina Architects and Guanzon Architecture & Design, two of the biggest firms in Cebu responsible for Cebuano landmarks. He then worked for Brittany Estates Corp., a developer of themed subdivisions where he collaborated with some prominent names in the country’s design industry including Danny Silvestre, Sonia Olivares and Benny Velasco.