Robertson Ward 50th Anniversary

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APRIL 18, 2010

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RWA Limited – 50 years of design excellence ROBERTSON WARD ASSOCIATES (RWA) was founded in 1957 in Antigua when John Robertson (Happy) Ward, who was then in independent private practice, formed a partnership with James C. (Jimmy) Walker.

In 1959, a further office was opened in Nassau, The Bahamas, and in 1960, an office was opened in Barbados.

The Barbados office was opened after the practice was

commissioned to design the original Sandy Lane Hotel, golf course and residential development.

Walker then returned to Barbados, where he had earlier spent some time with Government in the aftermath of Hurricane Janet, to take charge of the office and the supervision of the construction of the Sandy Lane Hotel.

He retired from the practice in 1974.

Ward died in 1988, and the present principals of Robertson Ward

Associated Limited are David Senior and Charles Boyce.

Senior joined the practice in 1970, and Boyce in 1972.

RWA – The company RWA Limited presently offers architecture, planning, interior and graphic design from offices located in Antigua, the Bahamas and Barbados, all of which are autonomous. The firm has carried out a considerable

JOHN ROBERTSON (HAPPY) WARD number of varied projects around the world, but with an emphasis on hospitality and leisure and primarily throughout the Caribbean.

The firm prides itself in carefully designing buildings which take into consideration the natural

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surroundings and local culture. Buildings which, wherever possible, preserve and enhance the best of local qualities.

RWA architects also design for local climatic conditions, bearing in mind ecology, conservation and the use

of renewable energy wherever possible.

Inter office networking gives the firm the added ability to be able to draw upon the most appropriate resources and personnel.

RWA Limited encourages a strong client relationship and believes in the importance of a stimulating and enjoyable design experience.

The company’s experienced and flexible approach to innovative design turns constraints into opportunities.

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by DAVID SENIOR RIBA BIA

A LOT has changed in architecture since I arrived in Barbados in 1970. For one, you would be hard pressed to find the rudimentary tools of the trade we used to use in a drawing office today. It has gone from tee square and set square on drawing boards; drawing with refillable ink pens to the parallel rule and drawing tables and so on to the present day hitech computer systems.

We’ve gone from free hand drawings to elaborate computer generated drawings and it just seems that as an architect you do not need to be able to draw anymore. There are however, some things that don’t change: You still have to know in which order to press the buttons on your computer, and you still have to have the design experience necessary to create buildings of beauty and practicality to serve the needs of the people that inhabit them.

In the last 40 years home design has certainly changed.

The house is no longer just an umbrella to keep off the rain and the sun . . . it has to encompass the latest trends that the client has read about in the North American magazines with its attendant energy requirements. So now we have gone from relatively simple sets of drawings say for a house to much more detailed drawings in order to accommodate the

Reflections...

Changes in the profession since coming to Barbados in 1970 sophisticated requirements of today’s clients.

In my early studies at a school of architecture, I had various statements drummed into me by my professors – one of which was “Simplicity is the keynote of all good design”. We only need to look back over time to see the great examples of this philosophy, particularly in the proportions of Roman and Greek architecture as well as in the Georgian period, the principles of which many buildings in Barbados were built upon.

But now with the introduction of computers (particularly on the world scene) the object seems to be to outdo the latest bizarre project, with one even more bizarre! Is it possible that hopefully we may one day revert to the real principles of Architecture or has that gone forever?

When I came to Barbados from Jamaica where I had been working for three years, there was only one Barbadian architect here . . . now there are

DAVID SENIOR director of Robertson Ward Associates Limited, has seen many changes in his 40 years of practice as an archiect in Barbados. (RC) somewhere in the region of 50.

This can only be good for the island but I hope that they will get it right when designing buildings in this part of the world. In the tropics the requirements for our envelopes are quite different from those in the north, yet unfortunately there is a tendency to copy what we see in the glossy magazines found on the supermarket shelves.

Architecture unfortunately tends to be a boom and bust profession. It is probably the first to be hit in a recession as we are seeing at the present time, but regrettably it is not always the first to recover! In my 40 years in Barbados we have had a few both booms and busts but now we are definitely looking forward to the next cycle to emerge in the not too distant future.

When Tom Adams was in power and oil went up to the astronomical cost of $15 a barrel he stated that Barbados must develop alternate energy solutions. At that time Robertson Ward Associates were working on a government project incorporating photovoltaic cells and it was planned that this would have reduced the cost of running the air-conditioning for the laboratories considerably. But then shortly afterwards the price of oil dropped and with that, so did the project.

Where would we have been today, if we had only continued to investigate renewable sources of energy? Possibly even a world leader . . . What an opportunity lost!

But then again . . . everybody has a diploma in hindsight.

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by DAVID SENIOR, DIRECTOR, RWA

Interior Design. Various custom villas have been designed on Sandy Lane estate, Royal Westmoreland, Sugar Hill and individual private lots.

I had the fortunate opportunity to be involved in the Yorvik Viking Centre in York and the original brief was written in our office in Holetown. This was a particularly innovative museum opened by the Prince of Wales in 1984.

In the late 1980s I joined the team in Britain designing visitor attractions, and eventually was involved in the design of Lego-land in Windsor.

Bringing back this experience to Barbados, I have designed a maritime centre for the Pier Head, which is yet to be built.

I am a past president of the Barbados Society of Architects, now the Barbados Institute of Architects and a past president and founder member of the Rotary Club of Barbados West.

I also served for some years on the Salvation Army Advisory Committee.

My wife and I now live in a house that we designed and recently built. It fits unobtrusively into the countryside incorporating the good and simple solutions of Barbadian architecture – the chattel house and the mill wall, shade, storm shutters, insulation from the heat, hurricane shelter, double skin walls and photovoltaic power shortly. Most importantly, it was designed to make maximum use of the prevailing breeze.

RWA continues to be a very enjoyable experience.

After 40 years my loyalty and enthusiasm for the firm and Barbados has not waned.

Fortunately I work with a very good team in particular my fellow director Charles Boyce.

At RWA we keep in mind the human needs, and most important, a sense of humour.

Senior at head of his game

IMMEDIATELY PRIOR to coming to Barbados in 1970 I was senior executive architect in the Ministry of Education in Jamaica and project architect for the World Bank Educational Programme.

This programme contained 50 junior/secondary schools, together with the expansion of the School of Agriculture, College of Arts Science and Technology together with various teacher training colleges.

Although in Barbados I designed the St James Secondary School, the expansion of the Barbados Community College, and the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, the majority of my work has not been in education.

My experience in Jamaica whetted my appetite for the Caribbean and its architecture.

I was therefore very pleased to accept an invitation from Jimmy Walker to join the Robertson Ward Associates (RWA) family as an associate of the practice and arrived here with my wife Julia and our two children Fae and Mark.

After schooling at St Winifred’s and Harrison College respectively, they now reside with their families in Britain, but cannot wait to visit DIRECTOR DAVID SENIOR is still at home with Barbados as often as possible. the drawing board. (RC) I have been involved in hotel and resort development particularly Holiday Inns in Beach Club (now Almond Beach Club), Sandpiper Inn, Trinidad, Grenada and St Lucia, as well as La Toc and Cariblue Hotels, also in St Lucia. In Barbados, I have been and more recently Schooner Bay in Speightstown winner of the prestigious International Property Award for the involved in the expansion of Sam Lords Castle of the Best Caribbean Development and Best Contemporary Marriott Corporation, Treasure Beach Hotel, St James

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by Charles Boyce Director, RWA IT GIVES ME great pleasure to be associated with a company which has been around since 1960.

This milestone is of great significance when viewed against the rise and fall of so many businesses over the years and especially in a volatile period such as what the world is experiencing today.

Since joining this practice, which was then known as Robertson Ward Associates (RWA) in 1972, many changes have taken place. Computers have replaced the old drawing board and tee square and printing is now done by the click of a mouse at one CHARLES BOYCE believes RWA has been blessed with good dedicated staff over the years. station to a printer located (RC) somewhere else in the office.

Pelican Redevelopment, Arch Hall fire testimony to the sound investment We have however credited ourselves Station, The District ‘E’ Police Station, climate that exists here. with being able to retain the human Kings Beach Hotel, The Chattel House My further involvement with the element which has been the binding agent throughout these many years.

To be able to contribute something to the society in which one lives is very gratifying, especially when viewed in connection with the architectural landscape of this beautiful island and the wider Caribbean.

Robertson Ward Associates Limited (RWA) can be justifiably proud of its record in the tourism industry, being pioneers of major hotel developments.

This contribution has helped to make Barbados one of the leading tourism destinations worldwide. Our involvement also with the design of condominiums, townhouses, private villas and homes for both local and overseas investors gives

Human element still alive, despite changes

Village, The Forensic Sciences Centre, Office Building at Bridgetown Port, The Salvation Army Hostel and Atlantic rising housing development, are but a few of the many and varied projects emanating from this company.

I firmly believe that the success of any organisation not only depends on its principals, but with the help of good dedicated and committed staff.

RWA has been blessed with such worthwhile assets.

Maintaining relevance in a changing society and environment is crucial also to the success or failure of any business.

It is with this in mind that we embrace new ideas and the new and emerging technologies as we commit ourselves to the continued growth and success of this great practice.

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by IAN BEST Architectural Technologist I JOINED Robertson Ward Associates (now Robertson Ward Associates Limited (RWA)) in 1986 after a brief stint as an accounts clerk.

I remembered leaving that job to work at RWA for $400 less.

Some people thought I was crazy at the time, but it was what I wanted to do.

My first recollection while waiting in the lobby for an interview was that of our current managing director Charles Boyce coming in from lunch laughing all the way to the drawing office.

It was something I would grow accustomed to hearing over the next 24 years working in this crazy place.

Our other director, David Senior interviewed me along with the late Colin Jones. Senior still looks the same today as he did then!

Over the years, I have enjoyed my time at RWA immensely.

I remembered when our office was in Holetown we had frequent cricket sessions in our car-park, with everyone including the secretary playing an innings.

Sessions like these bonded us in a way I’m sure other offices never have . . . we were a real family away from home, and have all grown up together and shared in each other’s highlights and achievements regardless of who came or left the company.

I have also had a chance to advance my career at RWA. I started as a trainee draughtsman, but later attended

Laughter’s our best medicine at RWA the Barbados Community College where I obtained the Ordinary Technician’s Diploma in Building and Civil Engineering, before going on to do A-Level Art and a Diploma in Site Planning.

After years of practice in the office, I was made studio manager, and in 2003, became recognised as a full member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists, in England.

It was a proud moment to be the first

Barbadian to be inducted into this institute. I hope this would inspire others to become properly accredited in the field.

Some of the projects I was heavily involved in include: Schooner Bay in Speightstown, Erin Court in Collymore Rock, Herbert House; home of the Cricket Legends of Barbados, and the soon to be built Belleplaine Municipal Centre.

I am an avid cricket fan and support the West Indies team, win, lose or draw. I also score for the Wanderers junior cricket teams whenever they play.

I am also the secretary of the Barbados Association of Architectural Technologists.

I have been involved in youth activities at the Christ Church Parish Church and have served as president of the St David’s Primary School Parent Teacher’ Association.

Somewhere in between all of that, I try to spend quality time with my wife and three children!

IAN BEST still enjoys his stint at RWA after 24 years. (RC)

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by MICHELLE MILLER Administrative assistant

No turning back for Michelle from RWA

I JOINED the Robertson Ward Associates (RWA) family on July 24, 1995, fresh out of the Barbados Community College, where I had just completed the Private Secretary’s Certificate programme.

There was lots to learn and so little time to do so.

I became the company’s receptionist/secretary but as is the case with many small firms, there are no such thing as specified roles. The only thing I have never done during my years here at RWA was actually draw.

Whilst my title may have changed subsequent to gaining my administrative professional secretary’s certification, my roles certainly have remained the same.

One advantage to being employed at RWA is the fact that besides Suanne, our office helper, I am the only other female on staff. This comes with its benefits as you may imagine, since there is none of the drama which one

Peter in charge of all accounts PETER STUART Accounts executive PETER is responsible for all accounts and accounts related matters including the submission of statutory documents to the various departments of Government.

His tenure to date with the company spans 33 years during which he has seen the company grow from strength to strength even though there were at times some periods of contraction.

He admits that at times like the present, things could be quite challenging, but that is what makes the experience all the more interesting.

Overall, he enjoys his calling at Robertson Ward Associates Limited immensely.

may find in an office with a better balance of sexes. It also means that on the odd occasion, I may be the recipient of a tad bit of spoiling by my peers. In all fairness, I should also say that at times, being the only female means that you are nagged and pestered, especially by Corey, but trade it, or them, Not at all!

Both in the good times and the not so good times, the almost 15 years that I’ve been here is testament of the type of company RWA has been and hopefully will continue to be.

PETER STUART has spent 33 years with Robertson Ward Associates. (RC)

MICHELLE MILLER’s is the first face you see when you visit the offices of RWA. (RC)

Trident Insurance congratulates Robertson Ward Associates on their 50th Anniversary

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PELICAN VILLAGE.

HIGHLANDS.

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THE SET.

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Impressive by design

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ABOVE: Carlton?

AT RIGHT: Cove Spring.

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10 | SUNDAY SUN SPECIAL | APRIL 18, 2010 During the early stage I did lots of chauffeuring as an office SOMETIME in the 1960s at the age messenger. of 14, I joined the staff at Robertson Ward Although I was Associates (RWA) (now Robertson Ward employed in Associates Limted), which was located that capacity, in Sandy Lane, St James.

I had the During these years our managers were opportunity Peter Stevens, Jimmy Walker, and our senior to do site gentleman was Mr Robertson “Happy” Ward, surveying himself. He would visit every six months with a Mr or twice yearly, depending on the work.

Harding, That was my second job and it has who remained my second job even though worked I had a part-time job during the years. with us.

I worked as office messenger until We also we moved from Sandy Lane to Welches, St had Thomas, where I became the a gardener printing master. in the I was the man who did all Welches the printing of the architectural days, by drawings. I even operated the the name of copier machines and that was fun, Joseph Alleyne. He having two printing machines at was later replaced by Anderson Taylor who times operating from a pretty also became our office assistant. large room.

We had our first office assistant at Welches.

Back then we had a wet process, Her name was Geneiva Drakes. After she left which was called a developer Cloretta Gibson-Jones, joined us before machine. That was sticky business, migrating to the United States. Currently, since at times the machine would there is Sue-Ann Williams. run out of developer.

One of the things I also did in the early years It was then you had to stop was to operate a coffee and drinks business. the machine, do the necessary My coffee was sold to architects and mixing, them resume. Most of the technicians in the office for five cents time I did almost everything per a cup. That money would go back into roll rather than individually, buying more beverages. Back then, then the then I had to do the necessary office never supplied beverages. separations with a cutting machine.

I considered RWA to be the leading architectural At that early stage at RWA NIELSON WATSON - a stalwart at RWA for over 40 years. (RC) company in Barbados at the time, and we were able we had people such as Ila Barnes, Lennie St Hill’s son), and they were several other to offer our services to clients in the Sandy Lane Maureen Ultram, Ms Newman architects and draftsmen as well. development, throughout Barbados, and the wider and our accountant, Graham McKenzie.

This is almost 30 odd years that I would have spent Caribbean.

These were the ones at Sandy Lane.

RWA was the training ground for many of our At Welches, there were individuals like Phyllis Barker, with the company, even though I had a break of about five years. current leading architectural firms, such as Larry Warren Cecile Walcott, Grethur Lockhart, Rosemary Deane and My time with RWA has been really a learning one.

Associates, (he was a student of RWA): Erskine Rose Joan Massiah, Rosie Weekes, Joanne Chase. There were We are now assembled at Warrens Court, St Michael.

(Heather Rose and Matchwit), who was also a student others whose names I cannot remember, including our I have been elevated to the post of librarian per se, but of RWA, among others. clerical staff.

I perform other duties, including the filing of our We spent several years at Welches before moving RWA was basically a learning organisation. architectural documents. These include the drawings and to Holetown after building a pretty decent office there.

We still have some very beautiful days being part applications from the Town Planning Department and the of the Robertson Ward Associates staff.

I regretted moving from Holetown because it was so Ministry of Health. much windier. We also had several house parties there since some of the architects had cottages on the premises, in which they lived.

There were architects such as John Lee and Paul Thomas, Athen Thomas, Pal Szu, John Lewis, David Dowrich, Levi Jordan, Ronald Skeete, Atherson King, Michael Brewhagen, Kanny and Michael St Hill (not

by NEILSON WATSON, Librarian/filing clerk

Never a dull moment at RWA

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Corey always cool

A job that takes Andrew places

by COREY BURTON ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICHAN

I joined the Robertson Ward Associates Limited in 1997 after working at another architectural firm for a few years.

Since then, I have worked on a variety of projects

by ANDREW EDWARDS including Palm Rosa, the Arch Hall Fire Station and ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN houses at Royal Westmoreland.

Those who know me know that I am quiet and I JOINED Robertson Ward reserved, and even though things can get a little crazy Associates Limited (RWA) on at times, I always try to keep my cool and stick September 26, 2005, as an to the job at hand. architectural technician, after being In my spare time I am a car and cycle enthusiast and laid off a week earlier from my sometimes dabble in video gaming, but will try my hand TECHNICIANS AT WORK: Architectural technicians Corey Burton (left) and previous Andrew Edwards. (RC) at anything at least once.

Desire to draw keeps Ian going my hobby, and I enjoyed the journey it took to get here.

I still love drawing and designing but the other aspects such as detailing, contract MY SLOW AND ARDUOUS journey to negotiations, site visits and supervision, all becoming an architect started many years ago when I was exposed to technical drawing at The present a break form the monotony of each other, illustrating how dynamic the profession Lodge School. can be.

In retrospect I had little idea of what the As an architect I find it necessary to profession was about, I knew it involved some element of drawing and I really enjoyed that, so keep abreast of not only the practice of at that tender age I made the decision to become architecture but the development of the profession as well, especially the an architect. I never really looked back from that point. The remainder of my school career I emerging fields.

I remembered years ago speaking selected and focused on the designing subjects. to a university colleague and fellow On leaving school I taught for a short spell but Barbadian about what we thought was architecture kept knocking at the door. going to be the new and developing I eventually responded to the call of what I areas. At that time we were captivated not only consider to be my chosen career but

by IAN RAMSAY ARCHITECT

IAN RAMSAY responded to the call of design.

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and were actively engaged in sustainable or green architecture at university. We enjoyed the potential of what it had to offer.

Little did we know that Barbadians would be today embracing these technologies.

I think today we find ourselves at an interesting crossroad, where we need our places of work to respond to a wider assortment of complex environmental challenges, water storage, energy conservation and power generation to say the least.

We at Robertson Ward Associates (RWA) understand the nature of all these issues and the need for an aesthetical envelope to house them. We are ready to answer the call!

TALMA MILL STUDIOS Enterprise Road Christ Church Barbados Tel: (246) 420-5137 Fax: (246) 420-5933 E-mail talmamillstudios@caribsurf.com Landscape Architecture . Tourism Planning . Environmental Planning

job of 15 years in the engineering field.

Since joining RWA I have worked on numerous types of projects from hotels and resorts, apartments, townhouses, private residences and government buildings to commercial offices.

Some examples of these are Treasure Beach Hotel’s extension (my first project); Lime Grove Development, Proposed Housing Development in Barbados, Caribbean Alliance in Antigua, and many more.

The last five years have been a learning and enjoyable experience.

I congratulate RWA on reaching this milestone, and wish this company many more anniversaries to come.

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History of service to the needy

Creativity theme of company’s work

by CECIL INCE, GCM, FOSTER AND INCE CRUISE SERVICES

MY OWN personal memories of the name Robertson Ward Associates (RWA) go back to the early years of the 1960’s.

At that time, I worked with BWIA and attendance at a constant round of cocktail parties – large and small – official and just social, exposed one to relatively new names on the Barbados scene; ‘Happy’ Ward and the equally flamboyant personality of ‘Jimmy’ Walker – kept getting “rave” mention in the then opening up period of the West Coast in St James.

Sandy Lane Hotel had not long before been opened and with it the elegantly restrained architecture of the developing Sandy Lane Estate. ’Happy’ Ward designed the original 18-hole Golf Course at Sandy Lane. ’Jimmy’ Walker himself who had been in Japan and was impressed with the fascinating symbolism of Japanese buildings and gardens. These adornments he actively brought into visual treats on several of the Sandy Lane and other West Coast mansions which he designed.

Fast forward to 1969, when I returned to live in Barbados after fourand-a-half years of postings around the Caribbean. I had resigned from BWIA and joined my long time friend, Paul

Foster, in our Travel Agency.

I now became aware that RWA was a major client of our enterprise – frequently travelling around the Caribbean or beyond.

David Senior and Colin Jones (now deceased) were then partners with the company.

I would frequently deliver their travel tickets to their offices in Welches in St Thomas, then a very quiet area of surrounding canefields – long before the ABC Highway and the bustle of Warrens.

In 1990, by which time we had incorporated our fast growing portfolio of handling cruise ship tours, it was felt that owning our own building would be a good decision. We (Foster & Ince Cruise Services) purchased Erin Court, formerly a stately residence at Bishop’s Court Hill where we relocated in early 1991 and would remain there for ten very pleasant years.

Obviously, Erin Court was the type of old building that needed very sensitive architectural treatment.

by LT COLONEL CLINTON BURROWES O.D RETIRED SALVATION ARMY OFFICER (CARIBBEAN)

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We decided to go to our old friends, RWA for advice and spoke at length to Jones. He explained that he was shortly going to live in St Vincent and would put us in the very capable professional hands of Charles Boyce and the other vibrant, younger Ian Best.

From there on we had several site meetings and contact with both Charles and Ian and the finished product of Erin Court, now owned by adjacent corporate neighbour, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, is there for all to admire.

A professional firm of the calibre of RWA is a continuum – and faces may changes, but the excellence of their design and creativity lives on.

I am very proud to have been associated with them for most of their 50-year existence and wish their partners and staff many more years of ongoing success.

THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM of Robertson Ward Associates Limited (RWA) has achieved a milestone of service having reached 50 years – 32 of which were LT COLONEL associated with The CLINTON BURROWES (FP) Salvation Army Reed Street Development Project – the new Men’s Hostel and Feeding Centre for the needy in Bridgetown.

Today, a beautiful structure stands on the project site, which makes the firm proud of their work, both in design and purpose.

It must be noted that RWA was patient with the Salvation Army – waiting all those years for the project to be implemented. The firm also made a very valuable contribution in time and money to this project, to which the Salvation Army is grateful.

I was divisional commander for the Salvation Army in Barbados 32 years ago, and got RWA to draw up the first plans. I was also able to implement the project with RWA in 2003, until the project was completed a few years ago.

I join with the current Divisional Commander Major Dewhurst Jonas, in saying thanks for the work RWA has done for the Salvation Army, and congratulate them for their achievement in celebrating 50 years of service.

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by HAMISH WATSON, GENERAL MANAGER, TREASURE BEACH HOTEL

Seamless addtion testimony to firm’s skill

WHEN THE DECISION was taken to add a third floor and six suites to the north and south wings of the Treasure Beach Hotel, St James, it was perfectly natural to turn to Robertson Ward Associates Limited for the design as that firm had been responsible for the original hotel which opened in 1977.

Many guests, and especially those who had been staying with us for many years, expressed concern that the mood and ambiance of the hotel would change with this addition.

Some went so far as to suggest that the sun would no longer shine on the gardens as the new building would cast a shadow over the entire property.

Some three years later I defy anyone to recognise the changes made. The credit for this must go to the architects who designed a seamless addition – and the sun does still shine on the gardens!

HAMISH WATSON

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Signature structures across region ROBERTSON WARD ASSOCIATES LIMITED (RWA) has designed numerous building in the past 50 years.

Here is a list of some of these properties: Early projects included:Coblestone Inn St. Vincent Trident House Holiday Inn (now Grand Barbados) Various Villas on Sandy Lane Kingston Mall. Jamaica Greensleves Paradise Beach

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Cinnamon Hill Grenada Sans Soouci Hotel Jamaica Cobblers Cove Southern Palms Hotel C.D.C.Housing Rock Dundo Discovery Bay Hotel Rose Hall Villas Jamaica La Toc Hotel St. Lucia Holiday Inn St. Lucia Cap Estate Development St. Lucia Various Villas Cap Estate St. Lucia Cariblue Hotel St. Lucia Royal Bank of Canada Hastings Bank of Nova Scotia expansion Bridgetown Development Plan.Mustique Holde/Guthrie House Mustique Extension to Cotton House Mustique Holiday Inn now Crown Plaza Trinidad Offices for Lange Construction Trinidad Maracas Beach Hotel Trinidad.

St. Joseph’s Hospital St. Lucy Barbados Beach Village (now Settlers Beach) Sandpiper Inn Bank of Nova Scotia, Worthing Sam Lord’s Castle development for Marriott Villas St. Martin Original Three W’s Grandstand, Kensington Sea Horse Ranch Sosua, Dominican Republic Wildwood Development,

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ALICO BUILDING

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Montreal Waterville Valley, New Hampshire Punta Cana Development, Dominican Republic Puerto Morro Barcelona, Venezuela

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Cisneros House, Caracas Arismendi House, Caracas Playa Hermosa Guanacaste, Costa Rica St. Lucy Secondary School Expansion St. James Secondary School

Town Houses, El Morro Venezuela Belafonte House, St. Martin St. Philip’s Church restoration St. Peter’s Church restoration St. James Beach Club now Almond Beach Club Speightstown Development Plan Heywoods (now Almond Beach Village) Ocean Terrace Inn Expansion, St. Kitts Coconut Creek Hotel Barbados Flight Kitchen DaCosta Mall Ministry of Finance Building, Montserrat Competition winner Renaissance Hotel, Grenada Kings Beach Hotel

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Barbados Community College (major expansion) Transportation study, Cayman Islands Pelican Village Chattel House Village Sunset Crest Reeds House Apartments Mahogany Grove Apartments Arch Hall Fire Station Office Building at Bridgetown Port Alico Building Fontabelle Bank of Nova Scotia Warrens Forensic Laboratories Schooner Bay District E police Station Salvation Army Hostel Limegrove Residential Development Tiwanee Anguilla Porters Great House Restoration Herbert House/Legends of Barbados Kings Beach proposed redevelopment

Buccaneer Bay proposal, Antigua Cove Spring House H1. Westmoreland Mayling House Ocean Drive Westmoreland The Set Hurley House Preece House Carlton View Atlantic Rising

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Thank you, one and all WE at Robertson Ward Associates Limited would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters and well wishers over the years, who took the time out to be a part of this special feature.

We have seen many weird and wonderful people walk through our doors ... clients, contractors, architects, suppliers ... and every one of them has contributed in some way to who we were yesterday and are who we are today. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with these people from Barbados and the wider Caribbean region as well as those from outside the region.

We have been blessed to have employed some of the more brilliant talents in the island, some of whom went on to establish their own practices and for that we are grateful in this way as well to have contributed to the architectural landscape of Barbados.

Of course we would like to make special mention of Kelly Johnally and Cheryl Harewood and their photographer Rawle Culbard of THE NATION newspaper who have worked tirelessly to put this special feature together.

We now look forward to the future with even greater anticipation and hope for another exciting period of development in Barbados.

THE ROBERTSON WARD ASSOCIATES TEAM: Standing from left: Ian Best, Neilson Watson, Charles Boyce, Ian Ramsay, David Senior, Andrew Edwards, Peter Stuart.

Sitting are Corey Burton (left), and Michelle Miller. (RC)

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