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Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage
Cathryn Griffith
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Description for Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage
Hardcover. This beautifully illustrated book documents the history, preservation, and present uses of Havana's most important buildings and urban spaces. Translator(s): Cluster, Dick. Num Pages: 240 pages, 350 color illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 265 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1554.
Interpreting the present in light of the past, eleven renowned architects, historians, scholars, preservationists, and urban planners in Cuba and the United States provide a rigorous examination of Havana old and new that provokes exploration of the ways we look at all cities. These authoritative policy makers and thinkers raise issues of how the most important city in Spanish colonial America developed and changed over several centuries and the extent to which it is being restored and preserved today.
More than 350 illustrations juxtapose historical colored postcard images of Havana with recent digital color photographs of the ... Read more
Interpreting the present in light of the past, eleven renowned architects, historians, scholars, preservationists, and urban planners in Cuba and the United States provide a rigorous examination of Havana old and new that provokes exploration of the ways we look at all cities. These authoritative policy makers and thinkers raise issues of how the most important city in Spanish colonial America developed and changed over several centuries and the extent to which it is being restored and preserved today.
More than 350 illustrations juxtapose historical colored postcard images of Havana with recent digital color photographs of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393732849
SKU
V9780393732849
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Cathryn Griffith
Cathryn Griffith, a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where she develops and manages industrial real estate.
Reviews for Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage
"[A] fascinating portrait of a city across time."
Design Observer "[T]he next best thing to being there that we’ll probably ever have….It’s rare that one gets to so colorfully visit a city without leaving the house."
The Miami Sun Post "Awestruck visitors to Cuba’s gorgeous capital most often ask the question—who will protect these architectural treasures once the ... Read more
Design Observer "[T]he next best thing to being there that we’ll probably ever have….It’s rare that one gets to so colorfully visit a city without leaving the house."
The Miami Sun Post "Awestruck visitors to Cuba’s gorgeous capital most often ask the question—who will protect these architectural treasures once the ... Read more