Cuba’s architecture has assimilated various outside ... fountains and decorative tiles into their new dwellings, but tailored them to suit Cuba’s more open culture and humid climate.

Back in Cuba, tile vaulting is now being taught in the Escuela Taller Gaspar Melchor , a training center in Havana's historical center. Cuba's vaulted architecture reflects the relationship ...

In Cuba, tile vaults were famously used to build the ... who at the time was a third-year architecture student. Only a couple of miles from the Schools of Art, Rebellón’s design was completed ...

They decided to build with locally made brick and terracotta tiles ... the same time, Cuba was starting to imitate the Soviet Union in both philosophy and aesthetics. Soviet architecture was ...

Food wrappers and cigarette butts litter a bathroom with no fixtures, most of the tile stripped ... aftermath of the Cuban Revolution. Among those was what should a new Cuban architecture look ...

colorful tile floors abound, ditto stained glass, wicker chairs, wood shutters, statues of saints, chandeliers, Colonial furniture, contemporary art, 1950s furnishings—the whole Cuban aesthetic ...

Photo by Brent Winebrenner, “The Splendor of Cuba: 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors,” Rizzoli New York, 2011. The Palacio del Centro Asturiano, which now houses Cuba’s European art ...

Cuba’s capital, Havana, boasts one of the world’s most significant but frequently overlooked treasure troves of Art Deco architecture. Successfully integrating architecture, interior design ...

"I felt the atmosphere and the incredible architecture and I was just hoping ... the original window shutters, doors, and Cuban tile. For Siskind, it's a labor of love, an appreciation of ...

Cuba’s architecture has assimilated various outside influences over the last 600 years, mixing Moorish, Baroque, Art Deco and more to create strikingly unique cityscapes. Cuba’s architecture ...