The Basurto Building is located in the Condesa area of Mexico City, a work of architect
Francisco J. Serrano
Francisco J. Serrano y Alvarez de la Rosa (March 12, 1900 in Mexico City – December 3, 1982 in Mexico City) was a Mexican civil engineer and architect.
Serrano studied civil engineering and afterwards architecture at the Universidad Nacion ...
, 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.
[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 t ...
to the south and
Plaza Popocatépetl
Plaza Popocatépetl is a plaza in Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico. The center of the plaza features an Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and pro ...
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