Cuban Modernism: Mid-Century Architecture 1940?1970by Victor Deupi and Jean-François Lejeune
Birkhäuser, April 2021

Hardcover | 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches | 344 pages | 195 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9783035616415 | ?52

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
In the 20th century, modern 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 avant-garde.
Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brise-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. Victor Deupi, Ph.D., is a lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His research focuses on the art and architecture of the Early Modern Spanish and Ibero-American world, and mid-twentieth-century Cuba. Jean-François Lejeune, Ph.D., is a professor of architecture, urban design, and history at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His research ranges from Latin American architecture and urbanism to twe...