We are getting ready to build our first community pool and beach club. We have reserved a prime spot just across the ravine south of our existing buildings, on top of a small bluff overlooking the beach, with great sunset views and easy access down to the beach.
It is time for us to name a bunch of new places at Las Catalinas. I'd like to take a poll of our community here on the blog regarding some possible names, as that has worked well before. So you'll see 12 places below that need naming. I'm including maps that will show you where these places are ...
Plaza Iguanas in a nailbiter over Plaza Guanacaste and Paseo Miraflores in a romp! Thanks for your help!
Despite the nearly 1,500 miles between Atlanta, Georgia and Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Beth Webb’s luxurious designs flawlessly translate into this tropical paradise’s language of the good life. Beth has played a pivotal role in the design of several homes in Las Catalinas and is the primary visionary ...
"The town will make the setting more beautiful. And the setting will make the town more beautiful. This is truly how it ought to be." - Las Catalinas unveiling presentation, March 2010.
(This went out as a newsletter to our Las Catalinas mailing list today) Dear Friend of Las Catalinas, In the past year I think many of us at Las Catalinas have begun to more greatly appreciate the importance of what we are doing. Our purpose is to create a better way to live, one that is healthier, ...
"Casa Sirena", o Casa Sirena, es elegante pero acogedor, y es el refugio perfecto para una escapada tropical de familiares y amigos. Ubicado en Playa Danta en Las Catalinas, se puede ver la silueta del flamenco a través de la bahía y está a sólo 15 minutos en coche de Flamingo, a 35 minutos de ...
As I mentioned back in September, during the school term just completed we had a group of students at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture working on Las Catalinas projects under the direction of Professor Douglas Duany. One of these projects was our upcoming beach club and pool. We ...
Thanks to everyone who participated in our recent poll on place names! The crowd demonstrated its wisdom, and we have taken the poll winner in every case except one to be our new place names. In that case we decided to save El Prado for a bigger park that is coming later on. So, here are the new ...
I just can't stop myself from sharing this video, which I found out about courtesy of The Congress for the New Urbanism. This video is long by today's standards, but it is worth it. Las Catalinas is about creating a wonderful, beautiful, loveable place where people can have satisfying, memorable, ...
Un buen artículo sobre Las Catalinas se acaba de publicar en los hogares de Atlanta y la revista Estilos de vida. Disfrute! Enlace a PDF
Decorado con increíble mosaico cubano, Casa Teja se encuentra frente al mar de Playa Danta. Observa las olas en tierra o relajarse con un libro en el gran balcón del segundo piso de este 3 dormitorios, 3,5 bañs casa. Tome un bañ en la piscina privada de la casa. O disfrutar de las vistas desde el ...
"StuCasa", situado en el paseo marítimo de Playa Danta, este dormitorio 7.5 bañ nuevo hogar 6, 14 plazas La casa principal tiene 2 dormitorios principales con camas de matrimonio, una habitación de la torre con una cama doble y una suite de un niñ con 2 camas nido. Los dormitorios principales y ...
I attended TEDxAtlanta this week (for those of you who aren't familiar with TED, it's an international nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading" via lectures, and is becoming increasingly popular in the technology, entertainment and design worlds. It's featured speakers ranging from business ...
Professor Samir Younes forwarded this video to me. It is a proposed New Urban project near Rome. Italy, that is. It is at a different scale than Las Catalinas - bigger buildings, more big city. But it has some things in common such as a great emphasis on beautiful public spaces, an irregular urban ...
The landscaping is going in. Colors are going on walls. Appliances are being installed. We started the vertical construction at Las Catalinas last March, and for our first batch of houses and public spaces we are now approaching the finish line. Not wanting to hog all the fun, I'm posting three ...
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