We cannot be oblivious to the monumental thrill of Jamaica’s dreamy, domestic architecture when we come face to face with houses like this one. It vindicates its pronounced presence with a configuration of 21st-century exterior and interior styling...
“The human right to adequate housing is more than just four walls and a roof. It is the right of every woman, man, youth and child to gain and sustain a safe and secure home and community in which to live in peace and dignity,” says the...
It’s easily one of the most photographed residences in the entire area. Cars cannot just drive past. The design is not one of today’s modernistic-styled houses, resembling some exciting, puzzling, space-age creation. No, it is more of a popular,...
Cherished aspirations do come to fulfilment for so many of us who apply ourselves to our dreams with a positive mental attitude, hard work, and passion for what we do, among other prerequisites. Nariman Bharucha’s dreams have come true! He has...
This, unarguably, is a rare residential, architectural find! We searched relentlessly, convinced that the supposed rumours, our research, and exploration, would yield positive results. They did. Deep in the countryside of St Mary, the endless...
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or watch – we are going back from whence we came.” (John F. Kennedy, former United States president). Water is indeed the quintessence of life! Here we are, my...
After 61 long years, this dream house now comes from the shadows of seclusion into the glare of publicity, revealing its architectural and interior design characteristics. It was erected in 1963 by a New York banker who ultimately succumbed to a...
Oh my God! This dream haven, by any known measure of evaluation, is beyond the extraordinary! A house of healing, where the presence of the Holy Spirit, therapeutic architecture, and the unwavering, divine faith of its owner and what she brings to...
Photographic images provide a descriptive commentary on this featured home and engage us far more emotionally than words ever could. This ornate house of marble, granite, porcelain, and considerably more finishes, occupies almost 7,000-square-foot...
The need for humanity to continuously improve its living environment has been a springboard for cutting-edge technological advancements within the home. We visit a dream residence in exclusive Ironshore, Montego Bay, that has tenaciously entered...
Dare we accept an invitation to a house committed to unravelling murder? A house of mystery and suspense, where baffling, sinister plots unfold, as deranged villains sit and dine among their innocent, intended victims. What manner of house could...
Very few ‘out of this world’ dwellings have achieved the exalted status of being judged ‘the most beautiful house in the world!’. The imposing Dracula Palace, which actually exists in Transylvania, Romania, reputed as the one-time home of the...
Our curiosity has undoubtedly been excited by what we have unearthed breathing and living on the inside of this unorthodox home, and it has nothing to do with human life! The interior environment has brought the natural world in, contoured by the...
A road to recovery rises skywards to the highest spot above Ocho Rios, St Ann, at an elevation of 1,800-feet above sea level, with geographic coordinates of 18.38250 N and 77.12760 W. This hill, with an unbeatable bird’s-eye vantage point, evokes...
The lonely country road snakes its way high through the Santa Cruz mountains, some 2,300 above sea level, to the bracing climes of the town of Malvern, St Elizabeth. Here, we have unwittingly arrived at an anomalous address that by all appearances...
People’s habitats around the globe are sometimes in the most uncustomary of climes and locations, adapting to their respective environments. Take this peculiar home away from home, which finds itself also in one of these phenomenal areas of the...
Long ago, man devised an instrument to tell time, using the sun and the shadows cast by it. The instrument was called a sundial. One hundred and eight years ago, the traditional pocket watch (with chain attached) would metamorphose into a...
Architectural enthusiasts, if you are seeking tropical architecture that vividly absorbs all your attention; interiors that calmly enfolds you in the most enticing of relaxed settings; and gardens that are a tropical oasis of pure pleasure, with...
This intriguing, inconspicuous beachfront acreage in St Ann, with its original residence (now torn down and redeveloped), owes its one-time notoriety to the British couple, Sir Bernard and Lady Norah Docker, who owned it in the 1950s. Norah Turner...
There was a time, as far back as the early 1960s, when three famed taxi companies, Yellow, Checker and Co-op cabs, ruled ground transportation in Jamaica with their fleet of more than 600 Austin Cambridge and Morris Oxford motor cars. They were all...
When this column exposed earlier the dream house (with swimming pool) built literally from actual dirt, many readers were flabbergasted at its very concept and existence! How could that be possible they pondered. That house, had utilised sun-dried...
This is the house that dirt built! What you are about to read is nothing short of unbelievable! The narrative defies the norm, and yet, manmade structures made from raw earth have continually existed, as far back as 10,000 years ago. The United...
Paula-Ann was relaxing with friends many years ago at a sauna facility in England — but that rejuvenating, harmonious experience was quickly interrupted by Eric, one of the other guests, who persisted in cutting into their conversations. While...
Like a breath of fresh air, this villa appears out of nowhere – ventilating architecture that expresses contemporary and modernist ingredients in an emboldened display. This, my readers, is not the average dream house you have now grown accustomed...
With great pleasure, I introduce you to Navin and Katerina Chandiramani, a couple described as “a team in marriage and in life”. She is a businesswoman and he, an international tourism hospitality expert. Both Jamaicans, they live equally between...
