Jonathan Corral Arquitectos Completes UAD Alamedas Tower with Gothic-Inspired Faceted Facade in Durango

Mexican studio Jonathan Corral Arquitectos has completed the UAD Alamedas Tower, an educational building whose faceted facade draws on the stained-glass windows of Gothic cathedrals. The project is located in Durango, Mexico, and was published by Dezeen on 22 October 2026. The building serves a university program, taking its name from the UAD Alamedas institution it houses. Its exterior treatment translates the leaded, colored-glass geometry of cathedral windows into a faceted, angular envelope rather than literal glazing. The studio's design approach places a contemporary educational facility within a lineage of Gothic architectural references, recasting a historic ecclesiastical motif for a campus setting. Drawings and photography of the completed tower accompany the project's release, documenting the facade's geometry alongside interior and exterior views. The commission adds to a growing body of Mexican institutional architecture that revisits European historical precedents through abstracted, geometric form.