This is Day Three of my “negative week.” Above is a sketch of Woodford Square in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Original post here >>>. Situated in the heart of the city, Woodford Square is bordered by Frederick Street on the East, Abercromby Street on the West, Hart Street on the South and Knox Street on […]
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Woodford Square in Port of Spain, Trinidad (Negative)
Posted: August 3, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Change the World, Negatives, Trinidad & TobagoTags: architecture, art, caribbean, design, travel, trinidad
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Architecture + Urban Sketch – Woodford Square, Trinidad
Posted: February 15, 2011 in Architecture & Urban Sketches, Change the World, DesignsTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, colin laird, design, design challenge, designer, do, encourage, hall of justice, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, port of spain, red house, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, trinity cathedral, urban history of port of spain, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, woodford square, yes you can, yvonne dickman
This is a quick visual survey/ sketch I did while standing in the historic Woodford Square in Port of Spain, Trinidad. “Woodford Square (initially named Brunswick Square) was initially laid out in 1803, and squared off into a place for recreation. It was laid out with geometric walkways lined with rare trees from Venezuela, planned […]
Colin Laird & The Old Fire Brigade Headquarters – Port of Spain, Trinidad
Posted: August 25, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Colin Laird, Designs, Trinidad & TobagoTags: architecture, art, caribbean architecture, design, drawing, sketch, travel, trinidad
This is the third day of my dedication to my mentor, friend, and fellow Trinidadian architect Colin Laird, for his contribution to the art of architecture, the profession of architecture, and to the Caribbean’s built environment. Above is a drawing of TheOld Fire Brigade Headquarters in Port of Spain. It was part of the National […]
Architecture Sketch – The Red House (Parliament Building) in Trinidad & Tobago
Posted: July 12, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Designs, Europe, Trinidad & TobagoTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, design, design challenge, designer, do, encourage, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, port of spain, red house, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, urban history of port of spain, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, woodford square, yes you can
This is a sketch I did of the Parliament Building of Trinidad & Tobago, (also called The Red House) which faces Woodford Square in the Capital city of Port of Spain. It was painted red for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and has since remained this way. It is an absolutely beautiful building, taking […]
Architecture Sketch – Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port of Spain, Trinidad
Posted: July 4, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Change the World, DesignsTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, colin laird, design, do, encourage, Gothic Revival, Hart Street, Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, national library, Philip Reinagle, port of spain, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, yes you can
This is a sketch of the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral on Hart Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I did this drawing the same day as the Old Police Headquarters drawing. The Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral was under construction in Woodford Square, Port of Spain, when it was discovered that it was being erected in […]
Architecture Sketch – Old Public Library, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Posted: May 25, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Change the World, Trinidad & TobagoTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, city hall, design, design challenge, designer, do, encourage, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, port of spain, sketchblog, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, urban history of port of spain, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, woodford square, yes you can
This is a sketch of the Old Public Library in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the first national library. It was established in 1851 under Lord Harris (Trinidad’s governor from 1846 to 1854) who was instrumental in creating the public library system. In 1902, the library was moved to this site on the corner of Pembroke […]
Architecture + Urban Sketch – City Hall, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Posted: May 23, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Colin Laird, Designs, Trinidad & TobagoTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, city hall, colin laird, design, design challenge, designer, do, encourage, hall of justice, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, modern architecture in Trinidad & Tobago, port of spain, red house, sketchblog, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, trinity cathedral, urban history of port of spain, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, woodford square, yes you can
This is a sketch of City Hall, in Port of Spain, Trinidad which flanks the northern edge of Woodford Square. The building is of a modern style. Read below (and click the reference link) for some more information on my mentor Colin Laird, and modern architecture in Trinidad & Tobago. “THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE of Port […]
Architecture Sketch – The Red House, Trinidad + Tobago
Posted: May 4, 2011 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Change the World, Trinidad & TobagoTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, design, design challenge, designer, do, encourage, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, port of spain, red house, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, urban history of port of spain, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, woodford square, yes you can
This is a very quick, small sketch I did of the seat of Parliament (The Red House) in Trinidad & Tobago, cropped from my Woodford Square post. The Red House was destroyed by fire in the Water Riots of 1903 with the old Red House being completely burnt down, and much of our recorded history […]
Architecture Sketch – The Old Fire Brigade Headquarters, Trinidad
Posted: February 8, 2011 in Architecture & Urban Sketches, Change the World, Colin LairdTags: 10000 hour rule, 365 in 365, architect, architecture, artist, caribbean architect, cartoon, cartoons, change the world, colin laird, design, do, encourage, illustrations, illustrator, meaningful work, national library, old fire brigade headquarters, port of spain, sketches, thanks, thinking insomniac, trinidad, trinidadian architect, urban sketchers, vernelle noel, yes you can
This is a sketch I did of the Old Fire Brigade Headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad; which is now part of the National Library block. This project was done by my mentor and friend, Colin Laird who I admire immensely for who he is as an architect, and more importantly for who he is […]
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain, Trinidad (Negative)
Posted: October 4, 2011 in 2011 Calendar, 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Designs, Illustrations, Negatives, Trinidad & TobagoTags: architecture, art, design, drawing, sketchblog, travel
This is a negative of my sketch of the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral on Hart Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Click here for more >>>. This work by Vernelle Noel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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