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History. The university was founded as the Jamaica Institute of Technology in 1958. The following year it was incorporated as the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST), and was formally recognised by an Act of Parliament in 1964. It was granted degree awarding powers in 1986 and a governing council and academic board were established.
E. Nadine Isaacs was born in Jamaica in 1942 to Ivy and Wills Isaacs. She graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia, with a degree in architecture. She then returned to take a position with the Jamaican Ministry of Housing, working her way up to become the senior executive architect. [1] In the mid-1970s, she worked with the World Bank ...
Richard George Henriquez (born 5 February 1941 in Annotto Bay, Jamaica) is a Canadian architect and artist known for founding Henriquez & Todd with Robert Todd in 1969 which evolved over 50 years to become the Henriquez Partners Architects of today. [1] His projects are known for its blend of unique design with its historical context.
Richard Nattoo was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, in 1993. [2] [3] He received his early education from Ardenne High School in Kingston. [4] [3] He pursued his studies in architecture at the University of Technology, Jamaica. [5] [3] Later, he transitioned to a career as an artist.
St. Augustine UWI Campus. The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands ...
Liguanea. Coordinates: 18°01′N 76°46′W. Liguanea ( / ˈlɪɡəniː / LIG-ə-nee) is an area of the island of Jamaica. Its name came from the language of the Arawak people [1] who currently inhabit some of the island's rural areas in Cornwall County. [2] [3] and named it after the iguana lizard that is endemic to the island, revered ...
Jamaican Georgian architecture is an architectural style that was popular in Jamaica between c. 1750 and c. 1850. [1] It married the elegance of Georgian styling with functional features designed to weather Jamaica's tropical climate. [2] It was used at all levels in society, from the most important public buildings to humble domestic dwellings.
William Henry Moses Jr. (1901–1991), founder of the architecture program at the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University ). [62] Louis H. Persley (c.1888–1932), first African American to register with the new Georgia State Board of Registered Architects on April 5, 1920. [5] Marshall E. Purnell (born 1950), design principal of Devrouax ...