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Find Us On FacebookWhile reviewing the (near) construction drawings for our model home last month, it became clear that the (US-based) structural engineers were designing systems capable of handling hurricane-force winds. An understandable tactic, I suppose, since we are all used to hearing about hurricanes battering the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and much of the US’s coasts every [...]
No Hurricanes
February 16th, 2010 by Ben“From the Toilet to the Tank”
December 4th, 2009 by FrancesWe seem to have potty minds here at Amble. We’ve had more blog posts about toilets than I care to count. It’s understandable, though. Access to clean, potable water has always been a concern in developing countries, and it’s believed to be a major concern for all of us in the future. To be ecologically [...]
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 [...]
Solar Decathlon
October 9th, 2009 by MarkAs you can imagine, Panama has an abundance of sunshine. It’s an ideal location to get that perfect bronze tan; to watch the sweat dribble down the side of your cold margarita; or to just generally warm any anxiety you might have. When I was first on Isla Palenque that line from Harry Nilsson’s, “Everybody’s Talkin’,” kept [...]
Press Release – Island Properties – An Inherently Ecological Land Form
September 14th, 2009 by FrancesCHICAGO, Sept. 11, 2009 — While real estate developers on the mainland often struggle with the economics of sustainable initiatives, island properties inherently lend themselves to environmentally responsible design. While not many island developers explore sustainability as a common sense strategy, there are some who are on the vanguard of sustainable practices – and reaping [...]
Sci-Fi Solutions
September 9th, 2009 by FrancesEver fantasize about futuristic, sci-fi solutions to global warming? I do. I don’t have a very scientific mind, so my imaginings are rather childlike dreams of silver bullet solutions: I imagine giant air purifiers on the top of every sky scraper that somehow suck in the bad air and clean it, or big vacuum hoses [...]
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 [...]
Photographer’s Notes
August 18th, 2009 by BenAdam Elliott, who took most of the photos we use on our website and elsewhere (and whom regular readers might remember from these previous posts), finally got around to writing his photo blog entry on the trip. As with most of his travel related posts, it provides a unique and interesting look into the area [...]
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 [...]
The Road Never Traveled
July 28th, 2009 by JerrodThe importance of personally getting to know your site is imperative to any successful development project. There are many great sites underwhelmed because not enough care was taken to plan proper locations of improvements. Conversely, there are many mediocre sites that can become incredible experiences with careful attention to the land and its features.
A large [...]