The project was initially supposed to go
into construction in 2008, but when the
economy crashed that year, banks stopped
lending, and progress was halted. With
funds now renewed, the project is soon
expected to enter the construction phase.
Something a little more
erratic than capital avail-
ability is nature itself and
this can be particularly
troublesome when work-
ing in the Caribbean. Al-
though Grenada is south
of the hurricane zone, it
was hit by two hurricanes
in a single year, prompt-
ing the incorporation of
weather-resistant archi-
tecture. Wright has wit-
nessed the devastation caused by hurri-
canes himself, having been on the island
after Hurricane Ivan had ravaged through.
“We’ve done our best to design for hur-
ricanes, storms that may hit once every
40 years, as well as earthquakes,” said
Wright. “Each place has a different chal-
lenge. You’ve got to be careful of the ter-
mites eating it, you’ve got to be careful of
the salt destroying it and you’ve got to ba-
sically make it bullet-proof and then on top
of that, you want it to live and breathe and
have air go through it.”
FUTURE TRENDS: ENERGY
CONSUMPTION AND THE
MILLENNIUM GENERATION
The biggest trends in modern architecture
are revolving around energy consumption
and the many challenges that occur in the
streamlining of sustainable design in Can-
ada.
“The challenge we have as architects is
that we can push green technologies and
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