Docomomo Curaçao Wants to Maintain the Façade of Cinelandia

Abstract

With exception of the Mgr. P.I. Verriet lnstituut (Gerrit Rietveld, 1949), most of Curacao's modernist buildings of the first half of the twentieth century were designed by architects of the Department of Public Works who received their professional education in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, Cinelandia is testimony that inspiration did not necessarily come from Europe. Gula de Arquitectura Moderna de Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala City Modern Architecture Guide. This guidebook is an open invitation to go out and walk through the city, while learning about twentieth century Guatemalan architectural history and how it changed the landscape of a city as a constructed cultural manifesto.

Keywords

• Curaçao