Cuban Architecture
Discover the evolution of Cuban architecture through its most influential periods, styles, and landmark buildings.
Teatro Martí: Performance, Civic Memory, and Architectural Resilience in Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Teatro Martí: Performance, Civic Memory, and Architectural Resilience in Havana
Some buildings endure because of scale. Others endure because they hold a city’s memory. Teatro Ma…
Centro Gallego of Havana: Association Architecture, Urban Presence, and the Reinvention of a Cultural Landmark
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Cuban Architecture, Republican-Era | No Comments on Centro Gallego of Havana: Association Architecture, Urban Presence, and the Reinvention of a Cultural Landmark
The Centro Gallego of Havana deserves attention not only as the predecessor of today’s Gran Teatro…
Centro Asturiano of Havana: immigrant institution, urban monument, and resilient republican architecture
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Cuban Architecture, Republican-Era | No Comments on Centro Asturiano of Havana: immigrant institution, urban monument, and resilient republican architecture
The Centro Asturiano of Havana is important not only as a richly decorated republican landmark, bu…
Real Cárcel de La Habana: Neoclassical Order, Urban Control, and the Architecture of Punishment
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Real Cárcel de La Habana: Neoclassical Order, Urban Control, and the Architecture of Punishment
Real Cárcel de La Habana occupies a different place in Havana’s built history than the forts, pala…
Palacio del Segundo Cabo: Civil Architecture, Urban Order, and Institutional Permanence in Colonial Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Palacio del Segundo Cabo: Civil Architecture, Urban Order, and Institutional Permanence in Colonial Havana
Not every defining structure in Old Havana was built to repel an attack. Some were designed to org…
Palace of the Captains General:Civic Power, Baroque Restraint, and Engineering Permanence in Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Palace of the Captains General:Civic Power, Baroque Restraint, and Engineering Permanence in Havana
Some buildings explain a city more clearly than any monument or chronology ever could. The Palace…
San Carlos de la Cabaña: Scale, Topography, and the Engineering Logic of Havana’s Great Fortress
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on San Carlos de la Cabaña: Scale, Topography, and the Engineering Logic of Havana’s Great Fortress
Few colonial fortresses in the Americas explain the relationship between topography and defense as…
Castillo de la Real Fuerza: Engineering Havana’s Defenses
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Castillo de la Real Fuerza: Engineering Havana’s Defenses
Few structures in Havana reveal the logic of early colonial military engineering as clearly as the…
El Templete: Foundational Memory, Neoclassical Form, and Civic Meaning in Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on El Templete: Foundational Memory, Neoclassical Form, and Civic Meaning in Havana
Not every important structure in Havana was designed to resist artillery or project state power th…
From Espada Cemetery to Colón Cemetery: Public Health, Urban Reform, and Modern Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on From Espada Cemetery to Colón Cemetery: Public Health, Urban Reform, and Modern Havana
The transition from Espada Cemetery to Cementerio de Colón tells a broader story about Havana’s tr…
Cementerio de Colón: Monumental Funerary Architecture and Urban Memory in Havana
| Gonzalo A. Paz | Colonial, Cuban Architecture | No Comments on Cementerio de Colón: Monumental Funerary Architecture and Urban Memory in Havana
Few places in Havana connect architecture, engineering, urban growth, and collective memory as cle…
Cathedral of Havana: Stone, Civic Presence, and Structural Restraint
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The Cathedral of Havana is often described through its façade, its plaza, or its place in the imag…
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