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künstler/in: Carlos Méridatitel: El Popol Vuh: Los ocho dioses del olimpo mexicano. El Ixtlexilt. Los cuatro solesjahr: 1950–52adresse: Edificio multifamiliar Benito Juárez, Av. Cuauhtémoc, México D.F.
+: Pinturas murales en concreto cincelado y vinelita.
Los multifamiliares Juárez y los murales fueron severamente dañados por el temblor del 19 de septiembre de 1985.




«[…] To provide a more varied character for the complex, Pani's design integrated inset or cantilevered balconies and closets that protruded from the elevation, decorated by the Guatemalan-born painter Carlos Mérida. In addition to those mural-reliefs, Mérida provided similar decorations based on pre-Hispanic motifs for the stair towers as well as for the nursery school. All of the art was done in a more abstract painterly language that reflected the character of this new modern architecture. Unfortunately, the complex suffered extensive damage in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, and many of its buildings have been torn down. […]»