DEDICATIONS To all immigrants especially my three favorites Gala Marlo and Gabi I wish you a life without borders forever full of curiosity B M To migrants everywhere who have risked everything for a better future and to past present and future generations of Guastavino boys and girls including George Collins Bob Silman Janet Parks Derek Trelstad John Ochsendorf Fernando Vegas Camilla Mileto Jose Luis Gonzalez Gloria Riba Francas and my co-authors K D To Eva and Marina Never give up on your dreams V L
SECOND LAYER FIRST LAYER VAULT a roof or ceiling formed from an arch or series of arches TILE a flat solid brick ARCH a curved architectural element usually spanning an opening a rounded vault typically with a circular base DOME
THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT A BIG DREAM THE STORY ABOUT GUASTAVINO Actually it is a story about two people named Guastavino Rafael Guastavino Moreno was a visionary an architect an engineer an artist an interior designer an immigrant to America a musician and my father
R GUASTAVINO I too am named Rafael like my father and grandfather I am Rafael III My full name is Rafael Guastavino Expósito and I would like to tell you how my father and I emigrated from Spain and changed the shape and color of a thousand buildings in the United States
