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FOCSA Building: Exterior · Edificio Focsa
1/8 · Exterior · Edificio FocsaPhoto: Antonio Schubert from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
FOCSA Building: Exterior · Edificio Focsa
2/8 · Exterior · Edificio FocsaPhoto: Antonio Schubert from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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FOCSA Building: Exterior · a FOCSA épület a Malecón felől nézve
4/8 · Exterior · a FOCSA épület a Malecón felől nézvePhoto: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 61481 : Adományozó/Donor: Mészáros Zoltán. archive copy at t · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
FOCSA Building: Exterior · Entrance elevation showing tower_FOCSA Building
5/8 · Exterior · Entrance elevation showing tower_FOCSA BuildingPhoto: Osvaldo valdes 165443 ; Architect(s) of building shown: Ernesto Gómez Sampera (1921–2004) and Marti · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
FOCSA Building: Interior · Back stairs to tower apartments_FOCSA Building
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7/8 · Interior · Corridor stairs_to apartments-FOCSA BuildingPhoto: Osvaldo valdes 165443 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
FOCSA Building: Plan · FOCSA TYPICAL BUILDING FLOOR PLAN
8/8 · Plan · FOCSA TYPICAL BUILDING FLOOR PLANPhoto: Osvaldo valdes 165443 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Edificio FocsaPhoto 2: Exterior · Edificio FocsaPhoto 3: Exterior · <a href=" http://www.forjadaluz.com " rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.forjadaluz.com</a>Photo 4: Exterior · a FOCSA épület a Malecón felől nézvePhoto 5: Exterior · Entrance elevation showing tower_FOCSA BuildingPhoto 6: Interior · Back stairs to tower apartments_FOCSA BuildingPhoto 7: Interior · Corridor stairs_to apartments-FOCSA BuildingPhoto 8: Plan · FOCSA TYPICAL BUILDING FLOOR PLAN

Housing · Modernism

FOCSA Building

Ernesto Gómez Sampera, Martín Domínguez Esteban · Havana, CU · 1956

Key featuresReinforced-concrete apartment slab with a small city of shops and services at its base.

Architect
Ernesto Gómez Sampera, Martín Domínguez Esteban
Place
Havana, CU
Year
1956
Typology
Housing
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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