Basurto Building
Residential condominium in Mexico City, Mexico
19°24′50″N 99°10′12″W / 19.4138026°N 99.1698783°W / 19.4138026; -99.1698783The Basurto Building (Edificio Basurto) is located in the Condesa area of Mexico City, a work of architect Francisco J. Serrano, built between 1940 and 1945. Its design is post- Art Deco. It is fourteen storeys tall, unusually high for the constructions in the area of that period giving it iconic status and an emblem of Condesa.[1][2][3] It is located on Avenida México, half a block from Parque México to the south and Plaza Popocatépetl to the north.
Gallery
- Plaque attesting that Serrano was the architect
- Another view of the façade
References
- ^ Porras, Jeannette. Condesa Hipódromo. México, Clío, 2001.
- ^ Flores, Stephany. El edificio Basurto. La vivienda de la clase media en la década de 1940. México, tesis para obtener la Licenciatura en Historia, Facultad de Estudios Superiores campus Acatlán, 2014.
- ^ Magaña, Carolina. El art deco en la Ciudad de México, retrospectiva de un movimiento arquitectónico. México, tesis de licenciatura de posgrado en arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2007.
External links
Media related to Edificio Basurto at Wikimedia Commons
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