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General view of Alesund's Jugendstil district (© Jugendstilsenteret)

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Bou, Narciso

Draughtsman

This draughtsman of Catalan origin, who settled in Havana (Cuba), where he carried on his profession, worked together with the architect Arturo Marqués on Casa Pedro Pernas (1906; Malecón y Gervasio, Centro Habana, Havana; no longer in existence), regarded as the first building influenced by Modernisme in Havana. Casa Braulio Menéndez (1913; Mercaderes, 265-267, Havana), also known as Casa de los Pelícanos, is attributed to these two architects