A long battle in favor of independent Cuban architecture
Talking about architecture is reflecting on the conditions in which this practice is carried out. Who projects, how, for what, ...
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Havana’s grilles
The Cuban capital’s grilles have been, from their earliest years, artifice and ornament. But also usefulness and protection.
Havana’s hotels, between splendor and ruins
They all had their years of glory, their time of sequins and brilliance, but for many of them those times ...
From the Lonja del Comercio to the Capitol: Purdy & Henderson in Havana
The U.S. company was in charge of the construction of several of the best-known and most important buildings in the ...
Is a plan what Havana needs now?
If the plans become academically impeccable documents, but popularly incomprehensible; if they do not respond to the concerns and questions ...
Havana from the heights
From above, the city exhibits other perspectives and attributes; discover, from another angle, its wounds and contrasts, its impoverishments and ...
Cienfuegos, Cuba’s Pearl of the South
Located at the end of a wide pocket bay, Cienfuegos has a unique charm that has inspired poets and artists, ...
Havana: “Of the city and its demons”
Not all the physical deterioration of cities is due, far from it, to the lack of material resources, nor is ...
Havana’s “La Fuerza”
First a military fortress and today a museum, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza is one of the Cuban capital’s ...
The ruins of rural Cuba: little known historical relics.
Havana’s monumental architecture is well known. Less famous are the rural ruins that dot the Cuban countryside. From the crumbling ...
Jean Claude Forestier: the Frenchman who helped reshape Havana
The audacious green vision of landscape architect Jean Claude Forestier contributed to the urban enrichment of the Cuban capital.
Santiago de Cuba’s Morro Castle rehabilitated
The works, which began last year, “focused on the intervention on the main bridge, which maintained its original image,” said ...
Buildings in Sancti Spíritus and Trinidad awarded prizes
This Monday, four buildings in the cities of Sancti Spíritus and Trinidad were awarded the Provincial Prize for the Conservation ...
Havana’s movie theaters
It wasn’t just about infrastructure. Movie theaters formed part of Cubans’ daily life and imagination with an unusual force.
Cuatro Caminos Market will reopen on November 16
The Cuatro Caminos Market will reopen on November 16, as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the ...
Reina Street
I At first it was a path linked to sugar production, the great change that brought the plantation economy to ...
The Houses Hermes Mallea Discovers in Havana
Even though he has built a successful career in the United States and still prefers English to communicate with others, ...
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