An Encore!*
Great Houses of Havana
A Slide Lecture and Book Signing
With Author and Architect Hermes Mallea
Books will be available for purchase at a special rate!
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 at 6:00PM
Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street
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| Cover, Great Houses of Havana |
In Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style (The Monacelli Press, November 2011) architect and author Hermes Mallea gives the first-ever insider's tour of Havana's architectural gems. Mallea brings the reader inside never before published homes, presenting their fascinating personal histories alongside Havana's architectural patrimony.
*September's slide lecture was a sell-out, and Hermes Mallea has kindly granted friends of LW! another opportunity to hear this intriguing lecture.
Mallea presents portraits of important homes built in the city between 1860 and 1960, beginning with the extraordinary images taken by American photographer, George Barnard, who was permitted to bring his camera into the intimacy of the Palace of the Counts of Santovenia. These pictures set the standard for giving the reader access inside a famously closed world.
Great Houses of Havana has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, and others.
Reservations Required!
$15 for "Steward" members, $20 for non-members
2-for-1 Admission for "Partners" and above members
Author Hermes Mallea is a Cuban-American architect and a partner in the New York City based firm M(Group).
Travel to and from Cuba has been the topic of news coverage in the past few months. Check out recent NYTimes coverage here and here.
