FOCSA Building
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The FOCSA Building is a residential and commercial block in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. At 121 meters, it was the tallest building in Cuba for over 6 decades until the construction of the
Edificio Focsa La Habana Cuba
Aerial view of the FOCSA Building seen from the west showing the floating corridors, circa 1958.
FOCSA Building Typical Floor Plan.
Calles M and 17, FOCSA building entrance.
López Serrano Building
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The López Serrano Building was the tallest residential building in Cuba until the construction of the FOCSA in 1956. Designed by the architect Ricardo Mira in 1929, who in 1941 who also designed La Mo
FOCSA Building
…it was the second-largest residential concrete building in the world, second only to the Martinelli Building in São Paulo, Brazil. It surpassed the López Serrano Building in height, which had been Cuba's tallest building. In the early 1960s, middle-class owners of residential floor units in the building had their properties…
As seen from the FOCSA Building corridor.
Lobby terrazzo floor
Room layout within apartments. Typical floor plan
Apartment distribution per floor