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This year, and into next, the great art deco cities of the world are celebrating. That Golden Age of architecture, curve, shape and colour that revolutionised design swept out of Paris following the Exposition internationale des arts d\u00e9coratifs et industriels modernes<\/em> exhibition 100 years ago. The new movement went east to Mumbai and Shanghai and west across the Atlantic, most famously to Miami but it landed in Cuba, too. In Havana, especially, sugar wealth was spent on this new craze. Here\u2019s a glimpse into Havana\u2019s art deco swagger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first completely art deco home was built in 1927 in the upmarket district of Miramar. Known as the Francisco Arg\u00fcelles house<\/strong> it stands at the corner of 5th<\/sup> Avenue and 22nd<\/sup> Street. Its cylindrical corner shaping the main entrance is covered by a frieze sculpted by Cuban artist Juan Jos\u00e9 Sicre, responsible, too, for the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed sculpture in Havana\u2019s Revolution Plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s Havana\u2019s most iconic deco structure, a towering homage to one of the world\u2019s best known rum brands, you won\u2019t want to miss. In 1930s Havana, Bacard\u00ed rode the wave of visitors escaping Prohibition in the USA. As a monument to its success, it built its statement piece HQ in Havana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Edificio Bacard\u00ed<\/strong> is Havana\u2019s first skyscraper. It towers over the edge of Old Havana on Monserrate Street at the corner of San Juan de Dios Street. Built in 1930 by Esteban Rodr\u00edguez Castells and Rafael Fern\u00e1ndez Ruenes, its 12 storeys are made from red granite and its enamelled terracotta panels of naked nymphs were designed by the American artist Maxfield Parrish. Its ziggurat tower is topped by a bronze bat, the recognisable motif of Bacardi rum. The interiors are gorgeous and when the building reopens in 2026, do swing by to admire the d\u00e9cor and visit the caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Edificio Bacard\u00ed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another striking deco structure which dominates a different neighbourhood skyline is the L\u00f3pez Serrano building<\/strong> in the artsy barrio<\/em> of el Vedado. Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez Serrano was a publisher who ran La Moderna Poes\u00eda publishing company. He commissioned architects Ricardo Mira and Miguel Rosich in 1932 to erect the dusty pink ziggurat-towered building of apartments. (A couple of habaneros<\/em> offer B&B stays here at the 13th and L street address). Inside the lobby is a beautiful relief in nickel-plated steel, El Tiempo <\/em>(Time) by Cuba\u2019s foremost graphic artist, Enrique Garc\u00eda Cabrera.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lopez Serrano building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Other highlights in el Vedado include the outstanding Casa de la Amistad<\/strong> found on Paseo Avenue. It was a love letter in stone commissioned by sugar baron Juan Pedro Bar\u00f3 for married socialite Catalina Lasa. The star-struck couple had fallen in love in 1905 when Cuba had no divorce laws. They escaped to Paris to continue their affair. When they returned to Havana in 1917 (when divorce laws had changed) Bar\u00f3 built this neo-Italianate villa with its art deco dining room. He also named a rose in Catalina\u2019s honour. When Catalina died, Bar\u00f3 commissioned French glassmaker Ren\u00e9 Lalique to design her tomb known for its beautiful black granite doors engraved with angels. The bulbous white marble dome of her mausoleum<\/strong>, in the Christopher Columbus Cemetery, is patterned with multiple square skylights featuring glass Catalina roses. While at the cemetery, don\u2019t miss Cuban sculptor Rita Longa\u2019s delicate white marble piet\u00e0<\/strong> adorning the 1957 tomb of the Aguilera family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Centro district, book a show at the America Theatre<\/strong> on the main Galiano drag. A 1941 towering apartment block conceals the jewel within: a double curved staircase overlooking a terrazzo floor decorated with art deco zodiac signs. The theatre was modelled after New York\u2019s Radio Music Hall. The stylised and colourful male and female cloakrooms are unforgettable.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Teatro America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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