Cuban modernism : mid-century architecture 1940-1970 / Victor Deupi, Jean-François Lejeune ; with photography by Silvia Ros.

Main entry:

Deupi, Victor, author.

Title & Author:

Cuban modernism : mid-century architecture 1940-1970 / Victor Deupi, Jean-François Lejeune ; with photography by Silvia Ros.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2021]
©2021

Description:

342 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portrait ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modernity and Cubanidad -- The modern Cuban house -- The city as landscape: Forestier, Sert, and the planning of Havana -- The modern city: housing, civic infrastructure, and representation -- Tropicality, tourism, and leisure : with the participation of Alfredo Rivera -- The synthesis of the arts -- Exile and heritage : with the participation of Maria Gabriela Dines.

Summary:

For several decades, 20th century architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde.Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.

ISBN:

9783035616415 (hardcover)
3035616418 (hardcover)

Subject:

Midcentury modern (Architecture) Cuba.
Architecture Cuba History.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Modernisme du milieu du siècle (Architecture) Cuba.
Architecture Cuba Histoire.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture History. Cuba.
Architecture
Midcentury modern (Architecture)
Cuba.

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Lejeune, Jean-François, author.
Ros, Silvia, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309394
Call No.: BIB 254658
Status: Available

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