Walking through the quiet old streets of Mexico City’s San Ángel, a neighborhood hugged by old ash trees and immense colonial style buildings, there’s one edifice that doesn’t quite fit in.
Two square houses, one blue and the other one red, are linked by a narrow bridge and fenced in by immense cactus plants. Most know it as the former studio of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera—or, as more plugged-in travelers know it, a less-frequented alternative to Kahlo’s Casa Azul.
But few are aware of the architect and painter who designed it: a young, upcoming artist, who was only 26 at the time: his name was Juan O’Gorman.
