Havana Modern: Critical Readings in Cuban Architecture

A visual and scholarly deep dive into Cuba's modernist gems of the postwar era In the decades after World War II, from just prior to the revolution and into the mid-1980s, modernist architecture blossomed in Cuba, attracting both native talent and leading international architects from Europe. Havana Modern examines Cuban modernisms highlights with a wealth of archival materials, photos and new scholarship. Edited by Rubén Galloauthor of Mexican Modernity (2005), Freuds Mexico (2010) and Prousts Latin Americans (2014)the volume is arranged in 10 chapters authored by current and former Princeton faculty members and graduate students. These essays, which arose from seminars organized by Gallo and historian Beatriz Colomina, examine Max Abramovitzs American Embassy; Richard Neutras De Schultess House; Martín Domínguez Esteban, Miguel Gastón and Emilio del Juncos Radiocentro; Mies van Der Rohes office building for Ron Barcardí S.A.; Vittorio Garatti, Roberto Gottardi and Ricardo Porros National Art Schools for Havana; Mario Gironas Coppelia Ice-cream parlor and park; Vittorio Garatti, Hugo DAcosta and Sergio Baronis Cuban Pavilion at Expo 67; Antonio Quintana and Alberto Rodriguezs Edificio Experimental; and Aleksandr Grigorievich Rochegovs USRR Embassy. Havana Modern draws on history, politics, culture, literature and film to elucidate this outstandingly rich era in architectural history. See more