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MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN CUBA and Contemporary Preservation Challenges 2018 Summer Workshop Columbia University GSAPP 13-23 June 2018 Belmont Freeman Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, 1776-1791 Havana Cathedral, 1748-1777 Casa de los Marqueses de Arcos, 1740 Casa de Obra Pio, 1685, 1793 Capitolio Nacional, Raúl Otero, Govantes y Cabarrocas, et al., Havana, 1895-1929 La Escalinata, University of Havana, 1927 Paul Belau, Centro Gallego, Havana, 1915 Paseo del Prado, c 1910 Saturnino Parajón, Teatro Fausto, 1938 Bacardi Building, Rodríguez Castels et al.1930 Emilio de Soto, Santeiro Apartments, Havana, 1937 Manuel Copado, Solimar Building, 1944 Noval Cueto Residence, Mario Romañach, 1949 José Mario Romañach, Ana Carolina Font Residence, Havana, 1956 José Frank Martínez, Perez Farfante Residence, 1955 Veradera Residence, Manuel Gutierrez, Havana, 1957 Max Borges Recío Club Tropicana Havana,1951 Max Borges Recio, Partagas Building, Havana, 1954 Antonio Quintana, Seguro Médico Building, 1956-1958 Habana Riviera Hotel, Polevitsky, Johnson & Associates, 1957 The Malecon in El Vedado, Havana, c1956 Aquiles Capablanca, Office of the Comptroller (now Ministry of Interior), Havana,1953 with c1962 sculpture Unidad #1, Habana del Este, Hugo D’Acosta, Mercedes Alvarez, Mario Gonzáles, Julio Baladrón, et al., 1959-1961 Fernando Salinas, Tallapiedra Housing Complex, Old Havana, 1962 Antonio Quintana & Alberto Rodríguez , Torres Giron; Experimental slip-formed apartment tower, Havana, 1967 Rafael Mirabal, Havana, Primary School with Circular Classrooms, 1963 National School of Plastic Arts, Ricardo Porro, Havana, 1961-1965 National School of Modern Dance, Ricardo Porro, Havana, 1961-1965 National School of Ballet, Vittorio Garatti, Havana, 1961-65 Humberto Alonso, Edmundo Azze, Pedro Ortiz, et al., University City Jose Antonio Echeverria, Havana, 1964 Humberto Alonso, et al., Ciudad Universitaria Jose Antonio Echeverria, Havana, 1964 Octavio Buigas, Jose Martí Sports Park, Havana, 1960 Mario Girona, Hotel Marazul, Santa Maria del Mar Havana Province (and elsewhere), 1969 Joaquín Galván, National Center for Scientific Research, Havana, 1967 Old Havana, 1998 Old Havana , 2013 Plaza Vieja, 2012 Plaza Vieja, 1999 Antonio Quintana, Casa de los Cosmonautas, Varadero, 1972 Mario Romañach, Ana Carolina Font Residence, Havana, 1956 José Antonio Quintana & Alberto Rodríguez , Torres Giron, Havana, 1967 .

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