Edificio México

Edificio Serrano is a 1932 art deco residential building at 123 Avenida México in colonia Hipódromo in the Condesa area of Mexico City. The architect was Francisco J. Serrano.[1][2]

Front view from Avenida México
Entrance
Side view from Avenida Ixtaccíhuatl

Author Marisol Flores notes that the building was unconventional for the time, thus reflecting modernity, due to the incorporation of curves (whereas previously rooms were nearly always rectangular), as well as American elements such as closets, a roof garden and foyers.[3]

References
  1. Ernesto Alva Martínez (Dec 1, 1999), Ciudad de México, guía de arquitectura, Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, p. 204
  2. Lourdes Cruz González Franco (1998-01-01), Francisco J. Serrano, ingeniero civil y arquitecto, Facultad de Arquitectura, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p. 87,89,175
  3. Marisol Flores García, Guía de recorridos urbanos de la Colonia Hipódromo, p. 129

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