Satellite City Towers

Item

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
View of blue, yellow, and white, north-most tower looking north adjacent to west most (blue) tower
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.

Luis Barragán (Mexican architect, 1902-1988) and Mathias Goeritz (German painter and sculptor, 1915-1990, active in Mexico), “Satellite City Towers”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed November 25, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/39840