A modest Jamaican home places its architectural ambition in a folded concrete roof that shades, drains and ventilates a simple rectangular plan.

A cluster of simple low-cost rooms uses a retractable shade canopy for everyday comfort while leaving the permanent roofs ready for severe weather.

An abandoned limestone cutting becomes the sheltered edge of a low Jamaican home, with a lightweight roof, careful drainage and rooms open to the sky.

A shoreline protection plan for more than 14 kilometres of the Palisadoes Peninsula has been approved for NaRRA’s work programme, as the government moves to answer questions about how the new authority will be held to account.

Jamaica’s Natural Resources Conservation Authority has deferred a beach licence for marine works at the Grand Palladium expansion in Hanover until the developer files a plan to relocate coral and seagrass. The decision shows how coastal approvals in Jamaica come in layers.

A bold external steel frame gives an older Kingston apartment block shaded balconies without concealing the original building.