The Basurto Building (''Edificio Basurto'') is located in the Condesa area of Mexico City, a work of architect Francisco J. Serrano, built between 1940 and 1945. Its design is post-

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. It is fourteen storeys tall, unusually high for the constructions in the area of that period giving it iconic status and an emblem of Condesa.Magaña, Carolina. ''El art deco en la Ciudad de México, retrospectiva de un movimiento arquitectónico''. México, tesis de licenciatura de posgrado en arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2007. It is located on Avenida México, half a block from Parque México to the south and Plaza Popocatépetl to the north.

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Edificio_Basurto_-_Colonia_Condesa_-_Ciudad_de_México_-_10.jpg, Plaque attesting that Serrano was the architect Edificio_Basurto_-_Colonia_Condesa_-_Ciudad_de_México_-_5.jpg, Another view of the façade

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{{Landmarks of Colonias Condesa and Roma Buildings and structures in Mexico City Art Deco architecture in Mexico Condesa Residential buildings completed in 1945