Francisco J. Serrano
| Francisco J. Serrano | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 12, 1900 Mexico City |
| Died |
December 3, 1982 (aged 82) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Occupation | Architect |
Francisco J. Serrano y Alvarez de la Rosa (March 12, 1900 in Mexico City – December 3, 1982 in Mexico City) was a Mexican civil engineer and architect.
Serrano studied civil engineering and afterwards architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where later taught as professor of civil engineering and architecture, and researched influences of climatic phenomenons on architecture. His son J. Francisco Serrano Cacho became also a notable architect.[1]
Works
Edificio Basurto
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Pasaje Comercial along Avenida Presidente Masaryk in the Polanquito district of Polanco, built in 1938 in Colonial Californiano style
Edificio Centro Olímpico (now Aeroméxico headquarters)
Nameplate at Edificio Centro Olímpico (now Aeroméxico headquarters)
Buildings in Colonia Hipódromo, Condesa, Mexico City
- Edificio Basurto (1942-1945),[2]
- Edificio México (1932)[2]
- Laredo 5 (1933)[2]
- Laredo 22 (1942, 1971, 1985)[2]
- Nuevo León 68 (1952)[2]
- Cine Auditorio Plaza (with Fernando Pineda), (corner of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Juan Escutia)[2]
- Edificio Confort[2]
- Edificio ACRO (1937), corner of Insurgentes and Quintana Roo[2]
- Edificio Insurgentes or Glorieta (1938), corner of Insurgentes and Chilpancingo[2]
- Chilpancingo 39[2]
- Edificio "Casas Jardínes" (1928-1930), Amsterdam 285 corner of Sonora[2]
Other buildings
Faculty of Engineering (UNAM) at the Ciudad Universitaria (UNAM "University City"), Mexico City (collaboration with Fernando Pineda and Luis MacGregor Krieger), 1953
- Edificio Royalty (1936)[2]
- Pasaje Comercial, Polanco[3]
- Faculty of Engineering (UNAM) at the Ciudad Universitaria (UNAM "University City"), Mexico City (collaboration with Fernando Pineda and Luis MacGregor Krieger), 1953[2]
- Edificio Centro Olímpico (1967-8, together with Luis MacGregor Krieger and Fernando Pineda), now headquarters of Aeromexico, Paseo de la Reforma 445, Mexico City[4][5]
- Cine Teresa (1942), Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas
References
- ↑ Francisco Serrano at arquitectura MEXICANA.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Marisol Flores García, Guía de recorridos urbanos de la Colonia Hipódromo, p. 89
- ↑ http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2006/223185.html
- ↑ http://unavidamoderna.tumblr.com/post/81922524730/edificio-centro-olimpico-mexicano
- ↑ http://www.edemx.com/citymex/edificios/R445.html
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