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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Berlin, Berlin (state), Germanyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2000-2001 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSerrano, Franciscoen_US
dc.creatorGonzález de León, Teodoroen_US
dc.date2000-2001en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T19:46:04Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T19:46:04Z
dc.date.issued2000-2001en_US
dc.identifier240115en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2722en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/146991
dc.descriptionRaking view of main facade with inclined pillars and Mexican flag, looking south on Klingelhöferstrasse; The building was designed by architect Francisco Serrano, in collaboration with Teodoro González de León. Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. The foreign missions returned from Bonn to Berlin when the city was unified. The Mexican Embassy has a entrance facade of stylized columns; an 18 meter high screen, consisting of 40 partly inclined pillars. Cast in white concrete with a content of marble chips, these elements have a rough bush-hammered finish and are enclosed at the top and sides by a concrete framing structure. Behind this outer layer, a glass facade extends over the full height of the building, allowing views into the interior. The interior has an impressive atrium with nods to Maya design in such features as a pyramid-like garden and a cylindrical form reminiscent of Chichén Itzá. Source: Architravel [website]; http://www.architravel.com (accessed 7/11/2013)en_US
dc.format.medium"white" concrete with marble chips; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectMexico Historyen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleEmbassy of Mexico, Berlinen_US
dc.title.alternativeMexican Embassyen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-FS-MEB-A10en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeembassyen_US
dc.contributor.displayFrancisco Serrano (Mexican architect, born 1937); Teodoro González de León (Mexican architect, born 1926)en_US


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