ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/427268/ad-classics-the-national-art-schools-of-cuba-ricardo-porro-vittorio-garatti-robert-gattardi Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:30:00 +0000 Gili Merin https://www.archdaily.com/427268/ad-classics-the-national-art-schools-of-cuba-ricardo-porro-vittorio-garatti-robert-gattardi In 1961, Fidel Castro said: “Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world." The Cuban National Schools of Arts, originally imagined by Castro and Che Guevara, are perhaps the largest architectural achievements of the Cuban Revolution. The innovative design of the schools, which aimed to bring cultural literacy to the nation, encapsulated the radical, utopian vision of the Revolution.

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