Our History

1944 – today

 

Although we’ve been designing for 67 years, we’ve only been known as acla:works since the 2001 merger of three architectural practices. One of these practices, Anthony C. Lewis Associates [est. 1944], was at the time the largest and most established architectural firm in the Caribbean, and the first in Trinidad and Tobago to be set up by a native architect.

Anthony Clyde Lewis [1918 – 2008] was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a graduate of MIT and the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied under architect Mies van der Rohe. The firm was carried on by his son, Brian Lewis, along with business partners Louis Ottley and the late Ruskin Punch, up until 2001. Today, the firm’s directors are Brian Lewis, Gary Turton, Junior Thompson, and Peter Chandler.

Our [W] logo was designed by artist Steve Ouditt to symbolise 67 years of architectural experience and the transition of a distinguished name into a collaboration of strength. Today, that collaboration continues to evolve as we aspire towards great architecture through design, experience, innovation, and management—building on our solid foundation while moving forward with cutting edge design, research, and development.

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Bel Air Bay

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Financial Complex
Built in 1978, this complex of buildings houses the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and various departments of the Ministry of Finance.