TEATRO NACIONAL DE GUATEMALA, A PROJECT BY EFRAIN RECINOS, 1978

Guatemala's Teatro Nacional, designed by architect and artist Efrain Recinos in 1978, the fantastic building reminds me of the Love Boat!

a visit to the Teatro Nacional on a rainy Sunday afternoon

a bust of Miguel Angel Asturias after whom the Cultural Complex where the Teatro Nacional is located is named

a very recent statue of Efrain Recinos, architect of the Teatro Nacional, the plynth already becoming a ruin

the open air teatro

resting benches



concrete paradise

an exhibition of Efrain Recinos fantastic architecture projects, most undone at the Casa Santo Domingo del Cerro's Museum (something like a local version of Inhotim!)

https://www.casasantodomingo.com.gt/en/del-cerro-antigua-guatemala



unbuilt project for a Children's Museum

project for Egyptian Museum

unbuilt project for a cultural centre in Antigua


unbuilt hotel complex in Izabal


unbuilt project for a Dance School

unbuilt project for an Art School

mixed used floating buildings


unbuilt house project

Efrain Recinos fantastic design for a palapa car called Ranchoide!

and a sculpture by Efrain Recinos, maybe he was a better architect.


Efrain Recinos (1928-2011), photographed at the Teatro Nacional shortly before his dead by Byron Marmol

Thanks to Stefan Benchoam and Emiliano Valdes for being my official tour guides of the Teatro Nacional


Pablo Leon de la Barra's trip to Guatemala and Central America has been made possible thanks to the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Independent Curators International Travel Award for Central America and the Caribbean.
http://curatorsintl.org/journal/the_coleccion_patricia_phelps_de_cisneros_travel_award_for_central_america/