Havana Modern
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Author: Gallo, Ruben
In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting native talent and leading international architects from Europe. 'Havana Modern' examines Cuban modernism’s highlights with archival materials, photos and scholarship. Edited by Rubén Gallo with the involvement of Beatriz Colomina. The book includes buildings by Mies van Der Rohe, Richard Neutra and the National Art Schools for Havana.The book also examines Max Abramovitz’s American Embassy; Martín Domínguez Esteban, Miguel Gastón and Emilio del Junco’s Radiocentro; Vittorio Garatti, Roberto Gottardi ; Mario Girona’s Coppelia Ice-cream parlor and park; Vittorio Garatti, Hugo D’Acosta and Sergio Baroni’s Cuban Pavilion at Expo 67; Antonio Quintana and Alberto Rodriguez’s “Edificio Experimental”; and Aleksandr Grigorievich Rochegov’s USRR Embassy. 'Havana Modern' draws on history, politics, culture, literature and film to elucidate this outstandingly rich era in architectural history.
ISBN 9786078880119. Arquine. pb. 280 pages. 139 colour, 103 b/w ills. 27.3 x 21.6 cm.
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In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting native talent and leading international architects from Europe. 'Havana Modern' examines Cuban modernism’s highlights with archival materials, photos and scholarship. Edited by Rubén Gallo with the involvement of Beatriz Colomina. The book includes buildings by Mies van Der Rohe, Richard Neutra and the National Art Schools for Havana.The book also examines Max Abramovitz’s American Embassy; Martín Domínguez Esteban, Miguel Gastón and Emilio del Junco’s Radiocentro; Vittorio Garatti, Roberto Gottardi ; Mario Girona’s Coppelia Ice-cream parlor and park; Vittorio Garatti, Hugo D’Acosta and Sergio Baroni’s Cuban Pavilion at Expo 67; Antonio Quintana and Alberto Rodriguez’s “Edificio Experimental”; and Aleksandr Grigorievich Rochegov’s USRR Embassy. 'Havana Modern' draws on history, politics, culture, literature and film to elucidate this outstandingly rich era in architectural history.
ISBN 9786078880119. Arquine. pb. 280 pages. 139 colour, 103 b/w ills. 27.3 x 21.6 cm.
available