One thing I have learned through the years of photographing Antigua Guatemala and its surroundings is to always expect the unexpected. If there were a real estate recession somewhere in the world, it did not affect Antigua Guatemala where every way you look, there are new houses and residential communities being built. Today’s picture, for … Read more
Look up, always look up and down, you’ll never know what interesting things you might find. In today’s case, by simply tilting the camera up to capture the texture and light coming in through huge cupola I have acquired another splendid image for my collection of textures of Antigua Guatemala. I know, I know, most … Read more
This is the top view as seen from the spiral staircase of the washbasins and water tank at Casa Herrera. Although, as we can see from this perspective, the washbasins and water tank are only decoration pieces now since they have electric washer and dryer in the kitchen; as shown in the corner of the … Read more
In my never ending quest of bringing you the contrast of the ‘Old’ Guatemala versus the ‘New’ Guatemala here’s a new take on the old colonial kitchen peppered with new appliances from Casa Herrera. If you LIKE the original, fresh and creative multimedia content from Antigua Guatemala, please, do SHARE it! As I have mentioned … Read more
How many architectonic elements can your point out that make this modern house into a typical Antigua Guatemala house?
How about having a living room window like this one? Do you like the colonial architecture found in Antigua Guatemala? How about meeting for cafecito and good conversation at this living room?
This impeccable colonial style kitchen is found inside the El Sabor del Tiempo restaurant, well it’s actually located all the way on the back of the building, near the actual kitchen they use for the restaurant. This kitchen is actually set as decoration or welcoming vista as you come up to the ático (attic) where … Read more
As I mentioned before in Casa Antigüeña: The Attic, the building codes in La Antigua Guatemala prohibit new construction of two-story houses (wink, wink). They say nothing of really high ceilings in single story homes. So what would you call this space, single story with really high ceiling, a mezzanine, an attic or simply a … Read more
Simple and elegant, that’s what I think is the essence of the colonial architecture of the Casa Antigüeña. How about you? What words would you use to describe it?
A huge part of the beauty of the Casa Antigüeña is found in its details. Simple details like a rustic round staircase with natural spot lights to illuminate during the day, the wonderful filtered sun light is more than enough. Interesting enough, for the most part the style of the architecture of the Casa Antigüeña … Read more
Okay, I believe it is time to awake the dormant Casa Antigüeña series with fresh and new material. We’ll start slow with just some details that were left out last time we covered the architectonic elements that make up the enchanting Spanish colonial architecture found in La Antigua Guatemala. Let’s begin with the bathroom sink … Read more
Like I said yesterday, “my never ending quest of bringing you the contrast of the ‘Old’ Guatemala versus the ‘New’ Guatemala…” Also, I believe I mentioned before that living in La Antigua Guatemala is not like time traveling to the past, but rather, it’s more like collapsing the time-distance among different time periods so that … Read more
What better photo to wave goodbye to the Casa Antigüeña series than an image of the balconies against cloud-free deep blue sky, tell me? Balconies are not very common in walls that face to the outside, unless of course they are on a second floor, like in the entry Sun-bathing in La Antigua Guatemala. However, … Read more
We are just about done with the Casa Antigüeña series. Here you can see the master bedroom which basically has two large doors; one that opens into a balcony that overlooks a common area garden and the other (not seen) door opens to a private garden. Once again you find a fireplace which get very … Read more
The tragaluces (sky lights) are those crystal blocks you see at the far end. Craig was asking if the the light washing the back wall in the kitchen was coming from the cupola. I promised Craig I was going to show the origin of the light washing the back wall in the kitchen. Well, the … Read more