Caribbean Houses: History, Style & Architecture
Filed under: Decor, Estates, Journeys, Books
West Indian decorative arts scholar Michael Connors presents a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive history of architecturally significant dwellings and estates in the West Indies in his beautiful new book Caribbean Houses from Rizzoli. The book is divided into five chapters, one for each European heritage that brought their own influences and designs to the region: the Spanish, Dutch, English, French, and Danish. In addition to the gorgeous photographs done exclusively for the book, Connors discourses on the area's rich architecture and interior design history, and gives the reader a "unique view of houses that combine the tradition of European styles with the vernacular island forms and decorative motifs." The featured islands include: The Spanish Antilles – Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic; The Dutch Leewards – Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; The English Islands – Barbados, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts; The French Lesser Antilles – Martinique; and The U.S. Virgin Islands (formerly Danish) – St. Thomas and St. Croix.
The Marriott Vacation Club has opened a new resort in the scenic location of St. Kitts in the West Indies. The vacation ownership resort currently has 22 two- and three-bedroom villas, and will ultimately be home to 88 villas. The villas are in three-story garden houses and each villa has a full kitchen, LCD televisions and washer/dryers. The vacation club shares amenities with the St. Kitt's Resort and the Royal Beach Casino which means that golf, gambling, multiple restaurants and several pools are at your disposal. Prices starts at $17,500 per deeded week.
