Forged From The Love: Colin Laird Caribbean Architect
Forged From The Love: Colin Laird Caribbean Architect
FORGED FROM THE LOVE researched and written by Robert Clark, designed
by Melanie Archer with an illuminating foreword by architect, Mark Raymond, has
been published by The Colin Laird Project.
Tracing the life and professional career of Colin Laird Dip Arch RIBA Hon FAIA
FTTIA RIBA, whose public buildings have ‘left an oversized imprint on the
Caribbean landscape and the psyche of generations of West Indians’, FORGED
FROM THE LOVE celebrates the life and achievements of an indomitable
Caribbean Man and an internationally recognised architect who sought through
his work to define the architectural vernacular of an independent Caribbean.
The book is replete with 185 illustrations, photographs, sketches and all linked by
an engaging account of the architect’s life and work. While chronicling his
architecture the book also builds a portrait of a man engaged with his community
and committed to the development of Caribbean civilisation, whether sailing
single handed across the Atlantic, being awarded runner up of King of Carnival in
Trinidad, lobbying against the death penalty or pioneering ecological architecture
in the region.
FORGED FROM THE LOVE is an invaluable resource for students and
practitioners of architecture both in the region and internationally.
By: Robert Clark
Published by: The Colin Laird Project
ISBN: 9789768280107