FORGED FROM THE LOVE researched and written by Robert Clark, designed

by Melanie Archer with an illuminating foreword by architect, Mark Raymond, has

been published by The Colin Laird Project.

Tracing the life and professional career of Colin Laird Dip Arch RIBA Hon FAIA

FTTIA RIBA, whose public buildings have ‘left an oversized imprint on the

Caribbean landscape and the psyche of generations of West Indians’, FORGED

FROM THE LOVE celebrates the life and achievements of an indomitable

Caribbean Man and an internationally recognised architect who sought through

his work to define the architectural vernacular of an independent Caribbean.

The book is replete with 185 illustrations, photographs, sketches and all linked by

an engaging account of the architect’s life and work. While chronicling his

architecture the book also builds a portrait of a man engaged with his community

and committed to the development of Caribbean civilisation, whether sailing

single handed across the Atlantic, being awarded runner up of King of Carnival in

Trinidad, lobbying against the death penalty or pioneering ecological architecture

in the region.

FORGED FROM THE LOVE is an invaluable resource for students and

practitioners of architecture both in the region and internationally.

By: Robert Clark

Published by: The Colin Laird Project

ISBN: 9789768280107