The winds of war in Europe and the State’s modernization contributed to the death of the Spanish revival style in Puerto Rican architecture. Until the war years, Puerto Rican architects, in both public and private practice, designed in one historical style or another. Most of them preferred the Spanish renaissance style, but in recent years had inclined toward ‘modern’ art deco.
by Enrique Vivoni-Farage
Attached file to this document : Modern Puerto Rico and Henry Klumb