SARCO Architects Costa Rica wins Caribbean’s Best Award

SARCO Architects Costa Rica have won the ‘Best Leisure Architecture Caribbean 2017-2018’ award at the International Property Awards Grand Finals held at the Savoy Hotel in London on Dec. 4, 2017. This is now SARCO Architects’ sixth design award, the most of the entire region to date.

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The other awards presented to the firm in the 2017 Americas Property Awards were:  “5-Star, Best Leisure Architecture”  and  “5-Star, Best Leisure Development”  for the Dominican Republic.

Winning the entire Caribbean region’s Best Leisure Architecture award is a tremendous achievement for our firm. Winning now a total of six design awards in two regions, plus a region’s best architecture award is a huge accolade and great honor. Being the region’s most award-winning architectural firm cements our position as a truly international architectural firm.

Roderick Anderson · CEO & Design Director, SARCO Architects Costa Rica

The International Property Awards is the largest, most prestigious and widely recognized programme in the world. Now in their 26th year, the International Property Awards are judged by an independent panel of 70 industry experts. Judging focuses on design, quality, service, innovation, originality and commitment to sustainability.


The judging panel is chaired by Lord Caithness, Lord Best, The Earl of Liverpool and Lord Thurso, members of the House of Lords in the U.K. Parliament.

After 14 years of designing luxury residences for international clients from North America and Europe, SARCO Architects expanded into international projects and in 2017 were awarded as the best architects in the Dominican Republic with a luxury resort project. The Cap Limón Luxury Club Residences project then received the nomination for the International Finals and named the winner as the entire region’s best design.

As winners of the Caribbean’s Best Leisure Architecture award, SARCO Architects went on to compete against three other winners from the Arabian, Asia-Pacific and the U.K. regions for the World’s Best Leisure Architecture Award.

The full award winners list of the Americas Property Awards is available here:  https://propertyawards.net/international-2017

SARCO Architects Costa Rica
Phone +506.2283.4107
Email:  info@sarco-cr.com
Web:  www.sarcoarchitects.com

About SARCO Architects Costa Rica Award

SARCO Architects is a boutique architectural design firm focused on high-end luxury residential and resort and property development projects for international clientele in Costa Rica, Panama, and The Caribbean. SARCO is the firm with the most awards won at the International Property Awards in our entire region.

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