Values In Design Timeline Solar Alignments Similar Buildings At the heart of Chichen Itza, a stepped pyramid served as temple to the “feathered serpent” god Kukulcan. The solar alignments and architectural details give clues about the function of this …
Category: Mexico
Adamo Boari and Federico Mariscal designed Mexico’s Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, completed in 1934. Italian architect Boari was not able to complete the project, and Mexican native Mariscal took it over. As a result, Boari’s Art Nouveau …
Values In Design Timeline Solar Alignments Similar In 652 AD, Pacal the Great began a massive construction program at a Mayan city near the modern-day city Palenque in Mexico. Topography and solar alignments were important for rituals in this city …
(gabofr– flickr/creative commons license) Teodoro González designed the Arcos Corporate Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico. It was completed in 1996 and has a height of 529 feet, or 34 floors. The main lobby is 8m high with large green windows. …
(iivangm– flickr/creative commons license) The Torres de Satélite in Mexico City is a highway sculpture by Mathias Goeritz and Luis Barragán, completed fifty years ago. The towers stand dramatically as the busy highway wraps around it, and the urban …
(jingdianjiaju– flickr/creative commons license) Here’s an upscale interior space by Pascal Arquitectos in Mexico City. The entrance open to a dark lobby covered with metal plates on the walls and a terrazo floor. Crazy-cool TV screens offer a virtual atmosphere …