Mario Pani (1911–1993) was a Mexican architect and urban planner who shaped much of modern Mexico City during the years of fast growth known as the Mexican Miracle. Born in Mexico City and raised in Europe, he studied in Genoa, Milan and Paris, finishing at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1938 he started the journal Arquitectura México, which ran until 1979, and in 1946 he founded the National College of Architects. He introduced the International Style to Mexico and was the first to promote large housing tower blocks, the multifamiliares, following Le Corbusier's urban principles.
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The Centro Urbano Presidente Alemán (1949) is one of his large housing complexes in the city. With Enrique del Moral he designed Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM (1954), the main campus of the national university, with its Olympic Stadium, faculties and Central Library. Later came the Nonoalco-Tlatelolco housing estate, with the Torre Insignia (Banobras Tower) (1962), on completion the second tallest building in Mexico, which holds a carillon of 47 bells. Its Plaza de las Tres Culturas (1966) sets the archaeological site of Tlatelolco, a 16th-century college and modern housing side by side.
Centro Urbano Presidente Alemán1949 · Mexico City
Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM1954 · Mexico City
Plaza de las Tres Culturas1966 · Mexico City
Rectorate Tower, UNAM1952 · Mexico City
Torre Insignia (Banobras Tower)1962 · Mexico City