15 June 2006 | Oranjestad, Aruba


    

Kura Hulanda Designer Leo Helms filled-in for Jacob Gelt Dekker who, at the last minute, was unable to attend the 3rd Congress of the Federation of Caribbean Associations of Architects. The theme of the Conference, held at the Renaissance Convention center was "The Impact of Tourism on Architecture and Vice Versa.

Mr. Helms was the opening speaker and took the attendees on a journey through the evolution of Eco-Tourism through to today's Eco-Lodges, using Lodge Kura Hulanda in Curaçao as an example.

Panel discussion with (L-R) Leo Helms, Abel Castro Laurito, Sofia Saavedra Bruno, and C.C. (Didi) Pei,
son of the famed I. M. Pei.

    

(The Federation of Caribbean Associations of Architects (FCAA) represents the Caribbean region of the Federation of Pan-American Associations of Architects (F.P.A.A.) The FCAA's main objective is to gather Caribbean architects and architects from neighbouring countries of the Caribbean basin in order to vreinforce the professional, artistic, intellectual and friendly relationships between them.)

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