Roberto Gottardi

Cuban architect (1927–2017)

Roberto Gottardi (30 January 1927[1] – 21 August 2017)[2] was an Italian architect. He was known for designing buildings across Cuba in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution. He designed the National Art Schools, which was commissioned by Fidel Castro.[3]

World Monuments Fund video on conservation of the National Schools of Art

References

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  1. Loomis, John A. (1999). Revolution of Forms: Cuba's Forgotten Art Schools. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-56898-157-4.
  2. "Fallece el arquitecto Roberto Gottardi, coautor de las Escuelas de Artes de La Habana". Cubadebate. 22 August 2017.
  3. Roberto Gottardi's National art school - Paradise lost? Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Cuba Absolutely Magazine, February 2008 - retrieved 03-03-11

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