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Interior themes · 268 style systems

Architectural and formal · Havana, Cuba · 19th–20th centuries

Havana solar

Havana solar interiors adapt former courtyard houses into dense collective dwellings linked by galleries, shared services, stairs, and improvised mezzanines.

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Mood
Architectural and formal
People-free photorealistic vertical Havana solar with stacked iron-and-timber galleries around a bright shared court, small family rooms, open stair, communal washing area, improvised mezzanine, layered paint, patterned tile, plants, and visible repairs.
02 Field note

How the room is composed

layout
Small family rooms open from stacked galleries around a shared court, with communal kitchens, washing, stairs, and added mezzanines.
materials
Masonry, lime plaster, timber joists, iron galleries, tile, corrugated metal, glass, cotton, and reused materials form an evolving interior.
furniture
Beds, wardrobes, tables, chairs, curtains, shelves, and compact appliances divide multipurpose rooms while galleries remain communal.
lighting
Intense courtyard daylight rises through iron galleries and open stairs, fading into deep rooms behind shutters and curtains.
decoration
Layered paint, patterned tile, ironwork, family objects, textiles, plants, and repairs record collective adaptation over time.
03 Related rooms

Neighbors combine mood, historical chapter, material routes, and overlapping palette families.

Photorealistic vertical Albanian kulla with thick stone masonry, tiny deep-set windows, heavy timber floor, steep stair, top-floor oda reception room, perimeter cushions, carved chest, hearth, and hard mountain daylight.01

Architectural and formal · Enduring traditions · Timber & joinery

Albanian kulla

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Photorealistic vertical Argentine casa chorizo with a long tiled side patio and covered gallery, repeated tall doors into serial equal rooms, lime plaster, coloured glass, ironwork, wardrobes, timber tables, potted plants, and warm Buenos Aires daylight.02

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Argentine casa chorizo

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Photorealistic vertical Armenian glkhatun with four timber posts carrying a corbelled log roof toward a central smoke oculus, stone-and-earth walls, sunken tonir hearth, low platforms, woven carpets, and one shaft of mountain daylight.03

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Armenian glkhatun

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Photorealistic vertical Chinese yaodong on the Loess Plateau with a barrel-vaulted earthen room opening to a sunken courtyard, heated kang platform, low table, painted chest, paper-cut window detail, ceramic jars, and daylight fading toward the cool rear wall.04

Architectural and formal · Enduring traditions · Timber & joinery

Chinese yaodong

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