Two small Bauhaus-influenced houses by Juan O'Gorman, built in 1931 and 1932 in the then-rural neighbourhood of San Ángel. The red house was Diego Rivera's studio; the blue one Frida Kahlo's residence. A rooftop bridge connected the two, and the couple lived here in this arrangement from 1934 to 1940 — Rivera continued to use his studio until his death in 1957.
The interior preserves Rivera's studio essentially as he left it: enormous papier-mâché Judas figures suspended from the ceiling, his easel, his collection of pre-Hispanic figurines. It is one of the earliest functionalist buildings in Latin America. The site is smaller and less famous than the Casa Azul in Coyoacán, but worth combining with a walk around old San Ángel. Closed Mondays.