After the Bombs, Retrofitting Paradise

There's an interesting article in today's New York Times regarding the rebuilding of Vieques, an island off of Puerto Rico.

From the article:

John Hix, an architect from Canada, is providing an example of what a renewed Vieques could look like: spare, environmentally sensitive buildings of concrete, equipped with wooden shutters or overhead steel security doors. He has designed an addition to the Betancourts' restaurant, Café Media Luna, in the capital, Isabel Segunda. He has also created a seaside compound for Thomas H. Wright, the vice president and secretary of Princeton University, and his mini-resort, Hix Island Hotel, has been hailed for ecological sensitivity.

Some more info on the Hix hotel can be found here. Posted by brian at August 28, 2003 10:53 AM