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Building & Design
A tough masonry core and operable storm shutters give a modest Jamaican coastal home a second, protective skin.
A freestanding shade lattice wraps a compact urban home, turning a hot boundary into a useful outdoor work and living zone.
Two modest family wings share a single roof but leave the middle open to the breeze, reviving a practical tropical idea for inland Jamaica.
A modest Jamaican home rises above a low-lying site on an open engineered undercroft, showing how elevation can shape the architecture without pretending to eliminate flood risk.
The Repairable House makes future maintenance the central architectural idea, with a simple bolted frame, replaceable panels and an accessible service spine.
The Solar Lane rethinks Jamaican starter housing as a short, walkable row of attached homes, with shared shade, practical service access and solar-ready roofs.
A tall shaded ventilation tower rises above a modest Jamaican courtyard home, turning the movement of air into its most visible architectural feature.
The Ravine Bridge House turns difficult Jamaican terrain into architecture, spanning a natural gully between two solid anchors instead of flattening the hillside beneath it.
The Trelawny Municipal Corporation has opened a four-month amnesty, running to 31 January 2027, for owners of buildings put up without approved plans, joining a string of parishes pushing homeowners to regularise before enforcement.
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