About this title: The city of Havana represents a real challenge to contemporary architects. Havana has a rich and diverse heritage with its cultural roots in Andalusia, Africa, the Caribbean, the United States and Soviet Russia, yet many of its historic (16th-19th century) buildings are in need of conservation and restoration. It has slums and a great need for housing, urban infrastructure (sewerage system, transportation), and it must cater for its growing tourist industry. In 1982, Havana was designated a Monument of World Heritage by UNESCO. In 1992, a team of international architects met in Vienna for a ...
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Edition: Outsized Trade Paper
Binding: Softcover--Very Good
Publisher: Prestel, Munich, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9783791316000ISBN:3791316001
Description: Photographs, Drawings & Diagrams. Very Good. No Jacket. Oversize Paperback Art: An excellent trade paperback of designs for an urban future for Havana developed by several teams of Architects at a conference in that city in 1994-5. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Prestel, Munich/NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9783791316000ISBN:3791316001
Description: Near Fine Plus. No edition stated, appears to be the first edition.; 8vo; softcover, as issued.; near-fine-plus.; 184pp.; illustrated throughout in color, b/w.; team of diverse architects convene to evaluate the role architecture might play in protecting havana from impending galloping development.; ISBN: 3791316001. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9783791316000ISBN:3791316001
Description: New. 3791316001. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 184 pp. (one foldout) with 148 ills. (52 col. ). 24 x 17 cm. read more
Description: Fine. 8vo. 184 pp. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs and plans. Proceedings of the International Conference on Architecture, Havana, Cuba, 1995. Foreword by Fidel Castro. read more
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