MANILA, Philippines - Lifestyles Asia launched the second Home & Away, the collectible coffee table book featuring private spaces in the country and abroad at Buddha Bar Manila. The previous edition published by the first glossy magazine in the country, Home & Away, made it to the list of the Top 10 Best-selling Philippine Publications at both National Bookstore and Powerbooks in 2013. The hard bound volume was also a recipient of the prestigious Philippine Quill Awards for 2013.
At the book launch at Buddha Bar Manila, editor-in-chief Anna Sobrepeña and associate publisher and deputy editor Cheryl Tiu, along with One Mega Group chairman Jerry Tiu, founder and CEO Sari Yap, and guest of honor, architect Lor Calma, whose home is featured on the cover, unveiled the book onstage.