The Basurto Building 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
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...
. 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.
[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.] It is located on Avenida México, half a block from
Parque México
The Parque México ( en, lit. "Mexico Park"), officially Parque San Martín, is a large urban park located in Colonia Hipódromo in the Condesa area of Mexico City. It is recognized by its Art Deco architecture and decor as well as being one of ...
to the south and
Plaza Popocatépetl to the north.
Gallery
Edificio_Basurto_-_Colonia_Condesa_-_Ciudad_de_México_-_10.jpg, Plaque attesting that Serrano was the architect
Edificio_Basurto_-_Colonia_Condesa_-_Ciudad_de_México_-_5.jpg, Another view of the façade
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{{Landmarks of Colonia Roma
Buildings and structures in Mexico City
Art Deco architecture in Mexico
Condesa
Residential buildings completed in 1945