#alejandro zohn

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Utopia in corduroy concrete: the mesmerising architecture of a Mexican master

Guadalajara is often seen as a place of tequila and mariachi music. Can the late Alejandro Zohn, whose buildings included a market roofed by

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Alejandro Zohn, Desfile, óleo sobre tela, 1951.

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Mercado Libertad, calz Javier Mina 52, San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México 1958-1960

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Mercado Libertad, calz Javier Mina 52, San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1958-1960

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Estación del Ferrocarril (hoy Ferromex), av. Washington entre la calzada Independencia y av. 16 de Septiembre, Moderna, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1959 (modificado)

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Railway Station (now Ferromex), av. Washington between the Calz. Independencia & 16 de Septiembre, Moderna, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1959 (modified)

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Vista desde la calle, Mercado Mezquitán, calle Mezquitán 900 esq. Colima, Sector Hidalgo, Artesanos, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México 1964 (remodelado)

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View from the street, Mezquitan Market, Mezquitan 900 at Colima, Artesanos, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1964 (remodeled)

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Estación del Ferrocarril (hoy Ferromex), av. Washington entre la calzada Independencia y av. 16 de Septiembre, Moderna, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1959

Arq. Alejandro Zohn

Railway Station (now Ferromex), av. Washington between the Calzada Independencia and Av. September 16, Moderna, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1959

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Vista del interior central, Mercado Libertad, calz Javier Mina 52, San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México 1958-1960

Arq. Alejandro Zohn

View of the central interior, Mercado Libertad, calz Javier Mina 52, San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1958-1960