GUASTAVINO VAULTING

The first monograph to celebrate the architectural legacy of the Guastavino family is now available in paperback. First-generation S panish immigrants Rafael Guastavino and his son Rafael Jr. oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular tile vaults across t he United States between the 1880s and the 1950s. These versatile, strong, and fireproof vaults were built by Guastavino in more tha n two hundred major buildings in Manhattan and in hundreds more across the country, including Grand Central Terminal, Carnegie Hall, the Bil...[Read more]