26/09/2023
The TTIA is pleased to present a retrospective exhibition of the work of John Gillespie (practicing as Gillespie + Partners) who were in practice in the immediate pre and post Independence era, covering a significant transition period โThe first 50 years of Independenceโ.
Gillespie has been in practice in Trinidad for a period of sixty two years from 1957 only retiring in 2019 aged 94.
While to retain focus, the present exhibition of his work is confined to the work in Trinidad & Tobago, the Gillespie Practice also operated throughout the English speaking islands of the Caribbean and in Guyana, to complete a total body of work of +/- two hundred buildings.
The exhibition importantly will show the consistent development of a specific climate based design philosophy that marries functionality with poetic imagination, as expressed in an appropriate science based technology.
Venue: Castle Killarney (โStollmeyerโs Castleโ)
Date: Monday 2nd October to Saturday 11th November, 2023
Time: Tuesdays to Fridays: 9 am to 5 pm; Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm.
Mondays are by appointment only for dignitaries or large groups (ten persons or more).
Please call 1 (868) 227-5240 / 1 (868) 798-5574 or Email [email protected]
A TTIA Retrospective of John Gillespie The Trinidad & Tobago Institute of Architects (TTIA) is a non-profit organization that promotes the ethical practice, art and science of architecture in Trinidad & Tobago. The TTIA is pleased to present a retrospective exhibition of the work of John Gillespie (...