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Torre Latinoamericana: Exterior · Mexico df - Torre Latinoamerica
1/6 · Exterior · Mexico df - Torre LatinoamericaPhoto: Thomas Ledl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Torre Latinoamericana: Exterior
2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Gszayas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Torre Latinoamericana: Exterior · La araña y la Torre Latinoamericana
3/6 · Exterior · La araña y la Torre LatinoamericanaPhoto: diego_cue · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Torre Latinoamericana: Exterior · Torre Latinoamericana vista desde el Palacio de Bellas Artes en la Ciudad de México
4/6 · Exterior · Torre Latinoamericana vista desde el Palacio de Bellas Artes en la Ciudad de MéxicoPhoto: Memo1809 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Torre Latinoamericana: Interior · Clock, Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico City
5/6 · Interior · Clock, Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico CityPhoto: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Torre Latinoamericana: Interior · Machine to track movements and sinking of Torre Latinoamericana
6/6 · Interior · Machine to track movements and sinking of Torre LatinoamericanaPhoto: ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Mexico df - Torre LatinoamericaPhoto 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: Exterior · La araña y la Torre LatinoamericanaPhoto 4: Exterior · Torre Latinoamericana vista desde el Palacio de Bellas Artes en la Ciudad de MéxicoPhoto 5: Interior · Clock, Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico CityPhoto 6: Interior · Machine to track movements and sinking of Torre Latinoamericana

Office & tower · Modernism

Torre Latinoamericana

Augusto H. Álvarez · Mexico City, Mexico · 1956

Key featuresSteel frame on deep piles through soft lakebed clay, engineered to ride out the city's major earthquakes.

Architect
Augusto H. Álvarez
Place
Mexico City, Mexico
Year
1956
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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