Las Torres de Ciudad Satélite / textos, Fernando González Gortázar, Federica Zanco.

Primera edición.

Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, México, D.F. : Arquine, 2014.

173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

The Towers of Ciudad Satélite are a monument designed by Mathias Goeritz and built by Luis Barragán with the assistance of painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira inaugurated in 1958. The pages of this book describes the history of a landmark of the city of Mexico, accompanied by two texts of two great specialists in the subject, who takes us back in time and shows us the great artistic and social value of the towers of Ciudad Satélite which became an urban sculpture, manifesting itself as the epicenter of the Decade of the 1960s. The artwork that accompanies the book manages to show the step of the work over time from its construction until the present day. Also shown different publications and designs that were inspired by the towers of Ciudad Satélite.

6077784796 (paperback)
9786077784791 (paperback)

Architecture Mexico Mexico City.
Monuments Mexico Mexico City.
Architecture, Modern.
Monuments Mexique Mexico.
Architecture.
Monuments.
Ciudad Satélite (Mexico)
Mexico Mexico City.

González Gortázar, Fernando, 1942- author.
Zanco, Federica, writer of foreword, author.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 294485
Cote: BIB 240113
Statut: Disponible