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Atlantic Ocean Building Designs – Coral-based Archipelago Built Environment
post updated 31 August 2021
Bahamas Building Developments
Atlantic Ocean Architectural Projects + Key New Property Designs, alphabetical:
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Location: Bahamas, West Atlantic Ocean
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illa Bimini design by Oppenheim Architecture:
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Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Officially titled the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, this is an island country of the Lucayan Archipelago consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence.
Taino people moved into the uninhabited southern Bahamas from Hispaniola and Cuba around the 11th century, having migrated there from South America. They came to be known as the Lucayan people. An estimated 30,000 Lucayan inhabited the Bahamas at the time of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492.
In August 1940, after his abdication of the British throne, the Duke of Windsor was installed as Governor of the Bahamas, arriving with his wife, the Duchess. He did not enjoy the position, and referred to the islands as “a third-class British colony”. He opened the small local parliament in October 1940.
source: wikipedia
House on a Dune, Harbour Island design by Chad Oppenheim, architects:
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