Self-built Facades in the Heritage Zone of Centro Habana
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Havana Studio
“It is a fresh and intelligent look that knew how to see things that we, by habit or laziness, no longer see. They [the New School students] took full advantage of the observation of the facades and valued something that we have trouble seeing . . . the quantitative...
OLA Report of Activities 2017-2019
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Event Summary · The Real Estate Market in Cuba: Impacts and Challenges
October 15th, 2018 | The New School · New York On October 10, 2018, Observatory on Latin America (OLA) of the Studley Program in International Affairs at The New School, received Carlos García Pleyán, Cuban sociologist, doctor of technical sciences, professor, and...
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