David John Senior
Director
David Senior has 45 years experience in Architectural Practice. He is presently a Director of Robertson Ward Associates Limited and RWA Architects Limited in Barbados and Robertson Ward International Limited in Antigua. His early experience was in Educational Buildings, particularly Secondary Schools in the UK and Jamaica.
Since Joining RWA, while still having some involvement in Education, his main area of expertise has been in Resort, Hotel and Custom Villa Developments.
David is a Past President of the Barbados Institute of Architects and a founder member of the Rotary Club of Barbados West.
EDUCATION
- Huddersfield School of Architecture
- Diploma in Architecture
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Royal Institute of British Architects,
- Member
- Barbados Institute of Architects,
- Past President
REGISTRATION
- Architects Registration Board
- United Kingdom
- Architects Registration Board
- Barbados
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
HOTELS & RESORTS
Holiday Inn.
Now a Crowne Plaza Hotel with 250 keys with roof top revolving restaurant and convention facilities.
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago.
Holiday Inn. Grenada with 240 keys later remodeled and reopened under Ramada Renaissance management.
Grande Anse Grenada.
Holiday Inn St. Lucia with 240 keys. Rodney Bay St. Lucia.
Original La Toc Hotel for Cunard. with 200 keys and adjoining condominium Units together with a nine hole golf course and villa lots.
La Toc St. Lucia.
Cariblue Hotel for the German group Steigenberger.with 120 keys.
Cap Estate St. Lucia.
Sam Lords Castle expansion of the existing 80 key hotel to 320 keys for the Marriott Corporation together with convention facilities.
St. Philip Barbados.
Schooner Bay 31 luxury condominiums on the beach, winner of the prestigious International Property Award for Best Caribbean Development .
St. Peter Barbados.
COMMERCIAL & EDUCATIONAL
American Life Insurance Co. Headquarters 20,000.SF on two floors with consideration given to high insulation and sun protection.
Bridgetown Barbados.
Various banks have been designed for Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia and the previous Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Bridgetown Barbados.
Project Architect for 50 Junior Secondary Schools together with the expansion of the School of Agriculture, College of Arts Science and Technology. Expansion of various Teacher Training Colleges all in the The World Bank Educational Programme.
Jamaica.
Community College 60,000.sf of new facilities including Computer Science, Commerce, Health and Natural Sciences, Applied Fine Arts and General Common Academic Areas.
St. Michael Barbados.
St. James Secondary School accommodating 1000 pupils designed to a new style layout consequently adopted in further school development.
St. James Barbados.
Conservation and Interpretation of Heritage Sites. These projects have varied from the Viking and Celtic Worlds to the Legoland Theme Park in Windsor UK. Also studies for New Seville in Jamaica and a Maritime Centre in Barbados. Barbados.
Jamaica and UK.