Ernesto Angel Ignacio Buenrostro y Buenrostro (31 July 1899 – 28 February 1966) was an architect of various
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 Unite ...
style residential buildings in the Hipódromo neighborhood of the
Condesa
Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma, together with which it is designated as ...
area of
Mexico City
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His works include:
* Edificio San Martín (Avenida México 167; built 1931; renovated 1998-9)
[Marisol Flores García ''Guía de recorridos urbanos de la colonia hipódromo'']
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* Edificio Lux (Plaza Popocatépetl 36, built 1931)["the building was constructed by prominent architect Ernesto Buenrostro, who also designed the nearby Edificio San Martin on the Parque Mexico. Because of the structure's architectural merit, its renovation was supervised by the National Institute of Fine Arts."]
Reed Johnson, "Eclectico in the city", ''Los Angeles Times'', 2006-07-20
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* Edificio Roxy (Avenida México 33; built 1934)
* Edificio de el Parque (Avenida México 169, built 1935)
In addition:
* Edificio Piccadilly, 1930, Insurgentes 309;
* Edificio Michoacán, 1930, Michoacán 54;
* Edificio Tehuacán, 1931;
* Edificio Berta, 1931, Avenida México 184
Ernesto Buenrostro worked together with other members of the Buenrostro family, such as Ing. Agustín Buenrostro,
/ref> Arq. José Ignacio Buenrostro and Ing. José Manuel Buenrostro.[Marisol Flores García ''Guía de recorridos urbanos de la Colonia Hipódromo'', p. 51]
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Mexican architects
Art Deco architecture in Mexico
Condesa
1899 births
1966 deaths
People from Mexico City