Plaza del Vapor, Havana
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The Plaza del Vapor was a covered market in Havana, it was completed in 1835. Its name derives from its builder Francisco Martí who became later the impresario of the Tacón Theatre and who had a monop
Plaza del Vapor, corner of Calles Galiano and Reina.
Central courtyard. Leonardo Morales y Pedroso's Cuban Telephone Co. building in the background.
Plaza de Vapor_entrance calle Dragones, Havana, Cuba
The steamship Neptuno, for which the Plaza "del Vapor" was named
The Edificio del Seguro Médico is a commercial building in El Vedado, Havana. Built between 1955 and 1958, it was designed as a mixed use building for apartments and offices for the headquarters of th
Plaza del Vapor, Havana
…continuance. The parti of the site's area distribution of the proposed project to replace the Plaza del Vapor is similar to that of the FOCSA Building, Edificio del Seguro Médico, and the 1952 Lever House on Manhattan's Park Avenue. A concrete slab acts as a podium which in the three cases is the connection of the tower to the…
Edificio del Seguro Médico. Havana, Cuba
Commercial building entrance on La Rampa. Drawing by Quintana.
Residential lobby entrance from Calle N, mural by Mariano Rodriguez
Structural Plan. Residential block