Title

Satellite City Towers

Alternative Title

Torres de Satélite

Creator

Luis Barragán (Mexican architect, 1902-1988)

Mathias Goeritz (German painter and sculptor, 1915-1990, active in Mexico)

City

Ciudad Satélite, Mexico State, Mexico

Country

Mexico

Date Created

1957-1958

Century

20th century

Classification

Architecture and City Planning

Building Type

sculpture

Style/Period

Mexican modernist, Rationalist, Modernist

Cultural Context

Mexican

Materials

Concrete

layered texture created through additive formwork

Description

Partial view of towers

Source

Javier Gomez

Photographer

Javier Gomez

Rights Holder

© Javier Gomez

Texas Tech University Libraries

Access Rights

Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

Item sets

All Faculty Collections

Javier Gomez Collection

Media

https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/gomezat_5496.jpg

Luis Barragán (Mexican architect, 1902-1988) and Mathias Goeritz (German painter and sculptor, 1915-1990, active in Mexico), “Satellite City Towers”, Arch Design Images, accessed September 20, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/40697