Book Presentation | Cuban Modernism: Mid-Century Architecture 1940-1970
Schedule
Wed Sep 29 2021 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Coral Gables Museum | Coral Gables, FL
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Victor Deupi is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture where he teaches architectural history and theory, design, and representation. His research focuses on the Early Modern Spanish and Ibero-American world, mid-20th-century Cuba, and contemporary architecture. His books include Architectural Temperance: Spain and Rome, 1700-1759 (Routledge, 2015), Transformations in Classical Architecture: New Directions in Research and Practice (Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, 2018), Emilio Sanchez in New York and Latin America (Routledge, 2020), Cuban Modernism: Mid-Century Architecture 1940-1970, with Jean-François Lejeune (Birkhauser Verlag, 2021), Emilio Sanchez Revisited: A Centenary Celebration of the Artist's Life and Work, with LnS Gallery (Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, 2021), and Stables: High Design for Horse and Home and Wineries of the World: Architecture and Viticulture, both with Oscar Riera Ojeda (Rizzoli, 2021). Dr. Deupi was also the President of the CINTAS Foundation dedicated to promoting Cuban art and culture from 2016-2018. Jean-François Lejeune, Ph.D. is a Professor of architecture, urban design, and history at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His research ranges from Latin American architecture and urbanism to 20th-century vernacular modernism in Spain and Italy. His publications include The Making of Miami Beach 1933-1942: The Architecture of Lawrence Murray Dixon (Rizzoli, 2001 ), Cruelty and Utopia: Cities and Landscapes of Latin America (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005), Sitte, Hegemann, and the Metropolis (Routledge, 2009), Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean: Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities (Routledge, 2010), Nord-Sud: L'architettura moderna e il Mediterraneo (ListLab, 2016), and Rural Architecture and Water Urbanism: The Modern Village in Franco's Spain (DOM-Publishers, 2021). He is a founder and director of DoCOMOMO-US/Florida and was an Affiliated Fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 2007.
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Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
