Choy-León
Subtitle: obras y proyectos = works & projects
By: edición, Claudia Acevedo, Carlos T. Cairo
Contributors: León Lacher, Julia, 1948-; Acevedo Pérez, Claudia, 1988- editor; Torres Cairo, Carlos, editor
Series: Colección Arquitectura
Publisher: Ediciones Aurelia
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
Language: spa
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9789962705482
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Architecture; History; Pictorial works; Choy-León (Firm)
Other titles: Choy-León.; Choy-León. English.
Description: Choy-León is a nationally and internationally well-known architectural firm that after 30 years of academic, architecture and urban planning professional experience, has bought Cuban architecture back to the international scene. Architects José Antonio Choy López (Santiago de Cuba, 1949) and of Julia León Lacher (Havana, 1948) are two emerging names in current Cuban architecture. Their genuine integration with the Caribbean environment and dialogue with the urban space that identifies their knowhow and creativity is imprinted in each one of their designs. Several generations of Cuban architects have been formed  through their tireless way of working, the contagious optimism. The book includes a selection of 21 of their built works. It also includes critical texts of their projects by renowned architects as well as a group of excellent drawings of edifications made by Choy who, through lines  -sometimes figurative and at others abstract- goes beyond the mere illustration of the works to grant them aesthetic value.
Notes: Texts in Spanish and English.
Table of contents: title: Presentación. Obertura para un libro soñado = Presentation. Opening for a dreamed book / Nelson Herrera Ysla Visiones = Visions; title: El reverso enigmático de la arquitectura = The enigmatic reverse of architecture / Roberto Segre; title: Choy, hoy = Choy today / Mario Coyula; title: Reporte desde la Habana = Report from Havana / Sergio Baroni; title: La identidad de la espera = The identity of the waiting/ Eduardo Luis Rodríguez; title: Obras y proyectos = Works & projects; title: Lo nuevo y la memoria histórica = The new and the historical memory; title: El compromiso con el contexto = The commitment with the context; title: Diseño interior = Interior design.