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Vor der Revolution 959 und in den Jahrzehnten danach ist in Kuba eine aufregende und eigenständige Architektur entstanden. Dieser erste umfassende Überblick zeigt luxuriöse Nachtclubs und Hotels, Sportanlagen, elegante Privathäuser und Apartmentgebäude. Geschickt verknüpften die kubanischen Architekten althergebrachte Bauweisen mit der Moderne und schufen eine Architektur zwischen Tradition und Avantgarde. Gewagte Betonschalen, geschwungene Rampen, elegante Brises-Soleils und fließende Übergänge zwischen Innen- und Außenraum sind charakteristisch für eine luftige, oft farbenfrohe Architektur, die an die tropische Umgebung angepasst ist. Für die Publikation wurden Bauten neu fotografiert und Pläne neu gezeichnet. Ein biographischer Überblick porträtiert die 4 wichtigsten kubanischen Architekten dieser Epoche.

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Let me say up front that this is an excellent book; not without weaknesses and bias (about which more later) but, overall, an admirable production. [...]The volume is beautifully designed and generously illustrated with new photography by Silvia Ros, reproductions of vintage images, and newly created drawings. [...] I enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot from it. (Belmont Freeman in placesjournal.org, 07.2021, https: //placesjournal.org/article/mid-20th-century-modern-architecture-in-cuba/?cn-reloaded=1&cn-reloaded=1)

Let me say up front that this is an excellent book; not without weaknesses and bias (about which more later) but, overall, an admirable production. [...]The volume is beautifully designed and generously illustrated with new photography by Silvia Ros, reproductions of vintage images, and newly created drawings. [...] I enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot from it. (Belmont Freeman in placesjounral.org, 07.2021) The rarity of texts on the modernist architecture in Cuba alone makes this book a critical addition to the architecture collection of any public, museum, or academic library. It would also be of interest to scholars of Latin American art and history. The prose is clear, and its narrative is straightforward, making it appropriate for all levels. Extensive footnotes and citations, a selected bibliography, and a thorough appendix of biographies make the text an effective gateway to further reading on the subject. (Nicole Santiago in ARLIS/NA, 07.2021) Vor der Revolution 1959 und in den Jahrzehnten danach ist in Kuba eine aufregende und eigenstandige Architektur entstanden. Dieser erste umfassende UEberblick zeigt luxurioese Nachtclubs und Hotels, Sportanlagen, elegante Privathauser und Apartmentgebaude. Geschickt verknupften die kubanischen Architekten althergebrachte Bauweisen mit der Moderne und schufen eine Architektur zwischen Tradition und Avantgarde. (RSWB(R)plus, 07.2021) The publication highlights virtually unknown and previously inaccessible visual material, both from university and family archives. The stunning contemporary photographs were taken specifically for the book and new drawings were prepared for it. (dekomomo, 08.2021) Cuban Modernism. Mid-Century Architecture 1940-1970, es una radiografia tan amplia como precisa de este periodo clave de la arquitectura cubana, dilatandolo para indagar en los antecedentes y en las reverberaciones que se fueron disipando a partir de 1959. (Francisco Gomez Diaz in ZARCH No. 17, 12.2021)

Cuban Modernism is a visual tour de force and a new, indisputable encyclopedic resource of modern Cuban architecture. Sean Ruthen (spacing.ca)

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Victor Deupi, Jean-François Lejeune, University of Miami Victor Deupi, Ph.D., is a senior 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. Dr. Deupi was also the President of the CINTAS Foundation dedicated to promoting Cuban art and culture from 2 –2 8. He is President of Docomomo US/Florida. 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 twentieth-century vernacular modernism in Spain and Italy. He is the secretary of DoCOMOMO-US/ Florida and was an Affiliated Fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 2 7.

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