Francisco J. Serrano

Francisco J. Serrano
Born (1900-03-12)March 12, 1900
Mexico City
Died December 3, 1982(1982-12-03) (aged 82)
Mexico City
Nationality Mexican
Alma mater Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Occupation Architect

Francisco J. Serrano y Alvarez de la Rosa (March 12, 1900 in Mexico City December 3, 1982 in Mexico City) was a Mexican civil engineer and architect.

Serrano studied civil engineering and afterwards architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where later taught as professor of civil engineering and architecture, and researched influences of climatic phenomenons on architecture. His son J. Francisco Serrano Cacho became also a notable architect.[1]

Works

Edificio Basurto
Pasaje Comercial along Avenida Presidente Masaryk in the Polanquito district of Polanco, built in 1938 in Colonial Californiano style
Edificio Centro Olímpico (now Aeroméxico headquarters)
Nameplate at Edificio Centro Olímpico (now Aeroméxico headquarters)

Buildings in Colonia Hipódromo, Condesa, Mexico City

Other buildings

Faculty of Engineering (UNAM) at the Ciudad Universitaria (UNAM "University City"), Mexico City (collaboration with Fernando Pineda and Luis MacGregor Krieger), 1953

References

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