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Find Us On FacebookAs I was driving out to the Amador Causeway last week, I was taken aback by the progress on the new Bridge of Life Biodiversity Museum that is rising out of the ground in an explosion of steel. Panamanian officials selected world-famous architect Frank Gehry, best-known for his titanium deconstructivist Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, [...]
Gehry-designed Museum Taking Shape in Panama
December 1st, 2009 by JerrodFun with GIS
November 12th, 2009 by BenJerrod wrote an entry back in July about walking the proposed road that had been staked for us by our topographers. Walking it, and understanding the topography of the area as well as Design Workshops’s intent, I was suspicious that the stakes weren’t quite where they were supposed to be. That, combined with a few [...]
Affordable Net-Zero Energy Subdivision
November 2nd, 2009 by MarkI’ve mentioned this idea of “net-zero” before. It’s a term that means exactly what it’s saying: That an input is equal to an output. This is the true goal of sustainability. Too often the idea of sustainability is seen as be an expensive endeavor and that costs outweigh benefits. The argument against that has always [...]
Canal Expansion
October 28th, 2009 by DavidSince its inception, Panama has been known as the crossroads of the western world. As a land-route bottleneck from North and Central America to South America, and with the canal passing through this isthmus, Panama factors into world trade as a crucial point in world economics. As such, Panama has been subjected to the growth [...]
Concrete as a Sustainable Building Material
October 14th, 2009 by FrancesTake a look at this fresh look at concrete by an interior designer in Panama, and how it can keep you cool AND green.
Megs Interior Design Blog.
The Best and Worst Resort Development Trends in Panama
October 1st, 2009 by JerrodResort development in Panama has generally lacked the sophistication of popular US-oriented tourism markets such as Costa Rica and Mexico. Architecture has been unimaginative, planning has been unresponsive to the site, and economics have been ignored. Yet, as the government recognizes the importance of tourism, the developers begin to understand the importance of quality, and [...]
LEED and The Cove
September 8th, 2009 by MarkSince LEED is fresh on my mind (I clicked save on the LEED checklist we’re creating thirty seconds ago) I’m going to go on a rant. This week The New York Times published an article about how “Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label.” The article describes how some buildings aren’t necessarily as energy efficient [...]
Carbon Negative Material
August 31st, 2009 by MarkThis week a product out of the UK was brought to my attention called, “Hemcrete.” At first it seemed a novelty at best. I’ve become used to materials made from sustainable natural fibers, and some even more sustainable from agricultural waste products like Agriboard, so I’m pretty hard to impress. Then I noticed a sentence [...]
Press Release – Infrastructure Changes to Panama’s Gulf of Chiriqui Open the Area to Global Tourism
August 11th, 2009 by FrancesCHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2009 — In the short span of the past six years, Panama’s tourism arrivals have more than doubled, while tourism-based revenue has more than tripled, according to the Panama Tourism Authority. This growth, along with farsighted, tourism-friendly laws and tax incentives has opened the floodgates for investment in the country.
These funds are [...]
Spirits in The [Rapidly Renewable] Material World
July 17th, 2009 by MarkI’ll apologize right from the get go if you just starting humming a Police classic. I know I am! However, this post isn’t about The Police, or Sting, or about music. (But just in case: here.) This post is about the benefits of using rapidly renewable materials.
Conventional construction materials are typically very resource intensive. Deforestation [...]