Coconut Palace, also known as Tahanang Filipino, which means "the Philippine House" - is the official residence and workplace importantly vice president. It is located within the Cultural Center of the Philippines in the Manila suburb of Pasay. Its construction was timed to the visit to Pope John Paul II in 1981. However, the head of the Catholic world abandoned the residence, saying that it would be too pretentious to stay in the palace, while the majority of residents of the Philippines are mired in poverty. Later, the architect Francisco Munoz said that the construction of the Coconut Palace was planned long before the Pope's decision to visit the country.

Coconut Palace was built in 1978 of several kinds of Philippine wood, coconut shells and coconut specially designed timber. Each of the seven guest rooms on the second floor is named in honor of a Philippine region and contains several items handmade, produced in the region. For example, Pampanga in the room you can see a statue made of lahars - mudflow from Mount Pinatubo. Room Marawi is a Muslim island of Mindanao and Mountain Province in the room kept local Aboriginal artifacts. Before becoming the official residence of the vice-president of the country, the palace was known as a venue for weddings.

The palace building is in the shape of an octagon, and the roof is in the form of traditional Philippine hat "salakot." A distinctive feature of the interior of the palace is a chandelier made of 101 coconut shell, and a dining table made of 40,000 tiny pieces of inlaid shell. Today Coconut Palace is considered one of the most remarkable buildings of the Cultural Center of the Philippines because of its architecture and interior. His name reflects the opinion of Filipinos that the coconut is a true "tree of life". The design, shape and ornamentation of the palace used by all elements of the coconut - from root to stem, bark, fruits, flowers and shells. In this building over the years stayed Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, Hollywood actress Brooke Shields and American actor and director George Hamilton.