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LUIS BARRAGÁN AND
TOWERS OF SATELLITE CITY
TOWERS OF SATELLITE CITY
Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Barragán (1902–1988), Architect
Guadalajara, Mexico
1957
In 1957, Mexican architect Luis Barragán
(1902–1988), in collaboration with German art-
ist Mathias Goeritz (1915–1990), designed the
Torres de la Ciudad Satélite (Towers of Satellite
City) to serve as a promotional place marker
for Mexico City’s first planned residential real
estate development—Ciudad Satellite. Little did
the designers realize that it would subsequently
become one of the most significant iconic
landmarks introduced to an urban landscape
created during the modern era.
Barragán ...