Basurto Building | |
Native Name: | Edificio Basurto |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Building Type: | Residential condominium |
Architectural Style: | Late or Post-Art Deco |
Address: | Avenida México 187, Colonia Hipódromo, Condesa, Cuauhtémoc borough |
Location City: | Mexico City |
Location Country: | Mexico |
Coordinates: | 19.4138°N -99.1699°W |
Start Date: | 1940 |
Completion Date: | 1945 |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Floor Count: | 14 |
Architect: | Francisco J. Serrano |
Unit Count: | --> |
The 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.