Michael Connors has more than thirty years of experience in writing, consultation, and teaching in fine and decorative arts. He has authored many books. Ricardo Porro is a Cuban-born architect. In 1961, he was designated as the head of design for Havana's National Schools of Art.
“In the first half of the 20th century, Havana served as a huge
stage set for some of the great architectural styles. Most of their
buildings still stand, as author Michael Connors shows us in a new
book from Rizzoli called Havana Modern. Its 256 pages of lush
photography by Nestor Marti, and an insider’s guide to some of the
most beautiful buildings on the planet. Havana’s 20th-century
buildings stand today as potent symbols of architecture from other
eras. And if they’re not perfectly preserved at the moment, then
they’re certainly researched and recorded well in Havana Modern.”
–Architects + Artisans
“A revealing collection of astonishingly fresh and undiscovered
midcentury architecture and interiors in Havana, Havana Modern
guides readers through an unprecedented tour of Havana, presenting
stunning and architecturally important private homes and buildings
that have been meticulously preserved, previously unphotographed
and mostly inaccessible to visitors. This book represents the
modern movement in Cuban architecture, from Art Nouveau and Art
Deco to the flowering of high Modernism just before the Revolution,
spanning from the early 1900s to 1965.” –Editor at Large
“Post-independence, prerevolutionary Havana was a glamorous,
cosmopolitan place, attracting jet-setters from around the globe…a
major building boom, chronicled in lively detail in Havana
Modern…Havana-based photographer Néstor Martí has supplied the
book’s stunning images…As Martí’s photos show, the legacy of this
era is in many cases well preserved—if often just by neglect, a
situation that has caused other important structures to
deteriorate. Havana Modern serves as an important record of this
period, and the photos that follow are just a brief glimpse of a
rich cultural heritage.” –Architectural Digest
“This beautifully photographed book of Havana's most iconic homes
and structures will make you feel like you have been on a tour of
the island. Striking photos of Cuba's Art Deco and Art Nouveau
architecture in public and private spaces - including some which
have never been photographed - are included.” –NBC News
“Havana Modern amply illustrates that, whatever the
Revolution’s pretensions, virtually nothing of significance was
built in Havana after 1959. All the beauty in its buildings came
before. “No one has been able to bring to life the architecture and
design of Cuba and the Caribbean the way Michael has been able to
in this book and in his previous books,” said Mitchell Kaplan, who
runs the Books Books stores and is something of a literary
institution in Miami.” –Miami Herald
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