[6] The design competition held by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority was for an office building standing on an area of 7,275 square meters (78,310 sq ft).

[1] The tower's design is meant as a tribute to the Armed Forces of the Philippines the largest stakeholders of the BCDA.

The Bahay kubo as explored by Francisco Mañosa to be a pyramidal form dividable in three layers (silong, bulwagan, and bubong; lit.

The bottom portion of tower is devoted to a public plaza[7] which will be planted with tall trees with tropical Filipino forests as the inspiration for the landscaping direction.

[7] The Icone Tower has an elliptical cone shape reducing the cost to make the building resistant to earthquakes and typhoons.