Carlos Manuel Ramírez Corría House   

La Coronela, Havana

1956

In one of his most ambitious projects, Quintana composes the modern Cuban house as a series of interconnected pavilions and patios.  Folding concrete roofs anchor the primary spaces and provide a visual orientation.  Wooden screens, glass panels and stained glass windows modulate light and access to the patios and lawns, Interior panels displayed important artworks collected by the client, a prominent neurosurgeon,