A balustraded mezzanine seen through triple-height glazing hints at this striking cultural centre’s former life as an early 20th-century home. Once inside the concrete volume, visitors are surrounded by soaring bookcases that establish the modern identity of the must-visit bookstore, just one of the new volumes that local firms Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura 911sc wrapped around the old residence in the southern Coyoacán
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Elena Garro Cultural center