Here is a trip report from Las Catalinas partner Bob Davey. I wish I had been there! - Charles
Yesterday Jeff Tucker, Glen Rollins, and I went on a boat trip out of Potrero (the town next to Las Catalinas). We encountered a group of hundreds of spinner dolphins. They are so named because they seem to enjoy leaping into the air and spinning rapidly around.
On my last couple of trips to Las Catalinas our guests and I have gotten a chance to try paddleboarding. Paddleboarding is a fast growing sport that is making converts of kayakers, surfers, and newcomers to water sports. To do it you stand up on what looks like a large surfboard. You use a long ...
This past week we have had the pleasure of hosting a visit by the Notre Dame School of Architecture here in Las Catalinas. Sixteen fifth year architecture students, along with professors Douglas Duany and Samir Younes. These students will be working on Las Catalinas projects for the entire coming ...
Thanks for your votes, everyone. Here are the results:
Please help us name the first places at Las Catalinas. Here are some finalist names for some of the first places we are creating. Please vote, and tell your friends to vote! Feel free to suggest new names as well. I'm not saying we will necessarily go with the top vote-getters here. But likely we ...
August 26, 2010 - A work in progress... Introduction I'm writing this idiosyncratic guide for friends who are planning to visit the Guanacaste area of Costa Rica near Las Catalinas. Once we have the first buildings finished at Las Catalinas and we are up and running my recommendations will be ...
Construction continues to go well on the first seven houses and restaurant. Also our beachfront park is really coming along. Here are some pictures from today.
One of the fun things to do at Las Catalinas is snorkeling. We had always thought that the best snorkeling was off the far end of Dantita beach. It is very good there, and it is a spot that is frequently visited by snorkeling boat trips out of Flamingo and Sugar Beach. But on my last trip down we ...
The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture has been very busy with Las Catalinas work the past few weeks. I spent the day there on Monday for a first review of the work. They are working on a variety of areas around Las Catalinas, but one of their major focuses is on Punta Guachipelines. ...
Early work on Playa Danta beachfront park.
This is my stream-of-consciousness account of some of the places that have been most influential from my personal point of view in the creation of our vision for Las Catalinas. Pictures of all these places can be found here: http://chasbrew.smugmug.com/Favorites
Here is a peek of one of our new renderings that is coming. Should have colored version in a couple of days. Click on it to see whole thing. Some details that will only be in color aren't there yet - like tree foliage.
I'm here in South Bend Indiana. Yesterday was the day for final presentations on the studio work that 16 fifth-year architecture student have been doing on Las Catalinas. The students have done a huge amount of work, and produced some beautiful images! I'll get the real scanned versions of the work ...
Those fifth-year architecture students at Notre Dame have been working away on their Las Catalinas projects. They had an interim review on Monday and we got a few images. Some of them look pretty exciting!
I went to the Luberon region of Provence in France last month for a tour of hilltowns. I treat myself to a field trip like this every once in a while in search of lessons and inspirations for Las Catalinas. These Luberon towns were suggested to me by Douglas Duany. And it was a great call. Here is ...
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