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Taken: 1961Location: Mexico City

- Greg Baughen

The concrete formwork was constructed utilising fibreglass borrowed from Detroit's automotive industry

The Master of the Port with a megaphone stood on the quay issuing orders across the water as calmly as if he were having tea

Bacardi Building Exterior #1 by Balthazar Korab, 1961 Silent Movie Taken: 1961Location: Mexico CityABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Hungarian American photographer Balthazar Korab spent much of his career photographing some of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century. Built between 1957 and 1961, the plant offices for the world famous Bacardi alcohol brand at Tultitln reflect Rohe's preference for purity of form and symmetry: a 52 metre long rectangle of structural steel, with open plan offices floating above a glazed lobby. Mahogany partitions conceal

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