Caribbean Architecture

Gianfranco Fini was born in 1936 in Rome, the city where he graduated in architecture from La Sapienza University and where he has been practising the profession of architect and designer since 1976. As an architect, he has created several artistic and cultural works, such as the House of Neptune in Bologna in 1994, the Italian pavilion for the New Orleans Water Fair in 1992, the design for large exhibitions, such as The Normans: a European People in Palazzo Venezia, Rome, in 1994, the church and theatre in Porto Rotondo in 1995 (again with Ceroli) and, again as an architect working in Porto Rotondo, the master plan for the Yachting Marina and the piazzetta at the Sporting Hotel. Later on, in the same area of tourist developments, he also drew up the designs for the Tabatinga-Lagoa resort on Brazil's Atlantic coast, between Rio de Janeiro and Santos. In 1992, Fini was commissioned to design the new resort at Casa de Campo, situated along the Caribbean coast to the east of Santo Domingo, near the island of Saona and famous for its golf courses designed by Pete Dye. The book describes the entire process of developing this great maritime leisure complex, which is located in a landscape of outstanding natural beauty at the mouth of the Rio Chavon.