Cuba: 400 Years of Architectural Heritage | 
 enlarge | Author: Rachel Carley
Creator: Andrea Brizzi
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 308627
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0823011283
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.97291
EAN: 9780823011285
ASIN: 0823011283
Publication Date: March 15, 2000
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Book Description
Exquisite, rare photographs and timely, illuminating commentary reveal a rich architectural history waiting to be rediscovered as travel to Cuba burgeons among Canadian, European, and Latin American tourists and gradually becomes more accessible to visitors from the United States as well. The lucid, intelligent text and superb photographs shot exclusively for this book present the architectural treasures of the entire island, from the first India boh'os, early colonial structures, and Mudjar craftsmanship to baroque churches, classically inspired civic buildings, ambitious modernist designs, and present-day preservation work. Now in practical paperback edition, this unique reference source will be valued by architects, preservationists, historians, students, and armchair and actual travelers.
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GET IT NOW August 16, 2007
Michael Rodriguez (NEW YORK,)
WONDERFUL PICTURES AND YES, THE PAPER IS EXCELLENT QUALITY. DEFINITIVELY A COFFEE TABLE PIECE. CAN ANYONE SAY COHIBA? THE TEXT IS VERY CLEAR AND TO THE POINT AND INFORMATIVE ALL AT THE SAME TIME. ARCHITECTURE YOU NEVER THOUGHT EXISTED THERE.
cuba:400 years of architecture June 27, 2006
R. Guitart (florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
great book. awesome pictures and paper quality. Very good price in amazon.
Thanks.
Bella! June 16, 2002
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Lots of beautiful photography (by Andrea Brizzi) for anyone who dreams of Cuba and would like to feel the cobblestones of Old Havana underfoot, taste the mojitos in the lobby bar of the Hotel Nacional, hear the strains of the mariachi band at sunset, and learn about the history of our most enigmatic, so-close-yet-so-far neighbor through it's architecture and the very readable text by Rachel Carley.
Fantastic, a work of art November 2, 1997
Pedro Bilbao Gomez (Madrid, Spain)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
One of the best pictorial books on Cuba that has ever been published. It's the realization of profesionals and very objective, a very difficult achievement considering Cuba. Highly recommended to those willing to discover the real Cuba.
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