A sweeping survey of the island's architecture, featuring three hundred gorgeous color photographs. The book starts with an essay on what defines Cuban style, and moves in chronological order, from the colonial period to the post-revolutionary. It covers the well known treasures of Havana and the more obscure, such as the circular prison (modeled after one in Illinois) with the guard tower in the center, where Castro was held in the early '50s. The text is both incisive and very accessible.  (CBA16, $29.95)