Architecture in Cuba : Art deco and Modernism  
 
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Architecture in Cuba : Art deco and Modernism

 

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Bacardí Building

The Bacardí HQ in Havana : in the 1930s the famous rum company built an exotic art deco treasure.

Colomb Cemetery

A cemetery with plenty of art deco and modernist examples of funereal architecture.

Sports Center

Modernist temple of sports in Vedado (Havana).

San Antonio de Padua

Concrete church (1949) in the suburb of Miramar (Havana).

Square of the Revolution

The Square of the Revolution (before : Square of the Republic) is gigantic, and so are the buildings.  Monumental prerevolutionary modernism.

Havana Art deco

Fine collection of art deco houses and buildings in Havana.

Havana Modernism

Some examples of modernism and sky-scrapers in Havana.

Santiago de Cuba

The second city of Cuba offers a lot of splendid 20th century architecture.

El Mirador

Balcón de la Sierra Maestra. Fifties architecture in pastel colours.

Camagüey

Art deco in Camagüey.

Remedios

Streamline and classical modernism in the quiet city of Remedios.

Pinar del Río & Viñales

Art deco in Pinar del Río and a Viñales freemaconry temple.

Cienfuegos

The Templo Bautista is an unexpected art deco treasure in the city of Cienfuegos.

Sorroa

Sorroa (Candelaria) is a 1950s hotel accomodation full of geometrical forms.

 

 

 
 

 

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http://membres.lycos.fr/architectuur/cuba/en-cuba.html

 

 
Last update : 05 10 2002

Ghent

Art deco and modernism in Ghent (Belgium)