An Architect’s View of Port of Spain

30th November, 2011 by Mandilee Newton | 2 comments

The latest issue of the Trinidad Guardian's Building & Construction magazine has an article on downtown beautification by acla:works director Gary Turton. Gary offers a ten-point perspective: [1] improved drainage and underground services, [2] better sidewalks and tree lined streets, [3] mass transit system within city limits (see: Transit Oriented Development), [4] multi-story car parking on perimeter of city, [5] maximise retail shop frontage, [6] green roofs, [7] public art, upgraded museums and a museum of modern art (see: Percent for Art program), [8] preserve and protect built heritage, [9] higher density, mixed-use, mixed income developments, and, [10] planning. Read the article here.

New Manikin Review

22nd August, 2011 by Melanie Archer | 0 comments

It's been almost two years since acla:works published Manikin, a book on the work of Anthony C. Lewis – our firm's founder and Trinidad and Tobago's first local architect.

On publication of the monograph, there were several book reviews, notably "A Manikin for All Seasons" by B.C. Pires and "New Book Captures Lewis' Architectural Legacy" by Simon Lee. 

Since then, naturally, press on the book has died down. So, earlier this month, when we received Issue 037 of Archivos De Arquitectura Antillana magazine, we were happy to see a new review . . . in Spanish. Thankfully, acla:works director, Peter Chandler, is fluent en Español and translated the piece into English so we could all read it.

You can read it, too, here. For the Spanish version, click here.