The Trinidad House is listed in the book, The Treasures Of Barbados by Henry Fraser, and is known for the richly decorated features reminiscent of colonial architecture of Trinidad and Tobago. The house was intact in 1990 when the book was published but was listed to be in need of… Continue reading →

For this purpose Uptown is defined as the district of Port of Spain bounded on the north by the Queen’s Park Savannah, to the south by Tragarete Road and Park Street, on the West by Cipriani Boulevard and Colville Street and to the East by Charlotte Street.

The district of… Continue reading →

The feature project is a vacation villa designed by acla:works located near the Crown Point Airport in Tobago. The project is quite photogenic and I always seem to get carried away for fear of the weather or some other unpredictable element. Thankfully the weather was good most of the… Continue reading →

The Bauhaus Tour is available at the Bauhaus Center, 77 Dizengoff Street in Tel-Aviv – T:03-522-0249. The tour begins at the Bauhaus Center where there is a very nice gift shop with lots of books and gift items along with a comprehensive exhibition and film of Bauhaus buildings in the… Continue reading →

Newtown is the smallest of the districts that make up the capital city of Port-of-Spain. It is bounded by Queen’s Park West and Cipriani Boulevard on the East, Tragarete Road on the South, Maraval Road on the West, and the Queen’s Park Savannah on the North. Inside these boundaries, there… Continue reading →

I stayed at a hotel near to the Hilton hotel in Tel-Aviv and walked in the vicinity of the hotel where there is a wonderful park, with vistas over the Mediterranean. The hotel itself was not exactly the finest work of architecture but it was, in its repetitive elements, an… Continue reading →

It took me a while to acclimatise to the 7,000 foot elevation at Santa Fe until someone suggested I go to an oxygen bar. In Santa Fe you can buy pure oxygen in cans to inhale when your energy levels drop.

The Santa Fe Workshops are held at the IHM… Continue reading →

One on One with Charlie Waite

For many years I tried to include a Light and Land workshop with my travels to the UK – this year I got my wish – in spades: a one on one with the master himself, Charlie Waite.

Charlie met Cathy, my wife,… Continue reading →

Once a greenfield site, the new 40-acre South Park development in San Fernando, Trinidad will contain retail / office space, restaurants, cinemas and a hotel and conference center. Republic Bank Limited, one of the leading banks in the Caribbean will be the premier bank within the development.

The bank is… Continue reading →

St. James is a district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The main road is the Western Main Road and it runs from Woodbrook to Cocorite. St. James is also known for its diverse mixture of cultural activities.

Port of Spain’s last major… Continue reading →

The holidays are a good time to catch up on many things, including the craft of architetural photography. During this summer I am attending two workshops: one is the Santa Fe Architectural Photography Workshop by Nick Merrick held in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the second is a One on One… Continue reading →