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Central Library (UNAM): Exterior · The main library building at Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City with its stonework base pavilion
1/6 · Exterior · The main library building at Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City with its stonework base pavilionPhoto: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Central Library (UNAM): Exterior · Caravana por el agua y la vida" desde la Biblioteca Central de CU
2/6 · Exterior · Caravana por el agua y la vida" desde la Biblioteca Central de CUPhoto: Ehécatl Cabrera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Central Library (UNAM): Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAM
3/6 · Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAMPhoto: Laboratorio Restauración · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Central Library (UNAM): Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAM
4/6 · Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAMPhoto: Laboratorio Restauración · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Central Library (UNAM): Interior
5/6 · InteriorPhoto: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Central Library (UNAM): Interior · Bookshelves at Central Library of UNAM
6/6 · Interior · Bookshelves at Central Library of UNAMPhoto: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · The main library building at Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City with its stonework base pavilionPhoto 2: Exterior · Caravana por el agua y la vida" desde la Biblioteca Central de CUPhoto 3: Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAMPhoto 4: Exterior · Estantería Sala de Literatura Biblioteca Central de la UNAMPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Interior · Bookshelves at Central Library of UNAM

Library · Modernism

Central Library (UNAM)

Juan O'Gorman, Gustavo Saavedra, Juan Martínez de Velasco · Mexico City, Mexico · 1956

Key featuresWindowless book tower wrapped in a stone mosaic mural of Mexican history.

Architect
Juan O'Gorman, Gustavo Saavedra, Juan Martínez de Velasco
Place
Mexico City, Mexico
Year
1956
Typology
Library
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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