Mexico City Architecture Guide: 38 Projects from Tenochtitlan to Today

ArchDaily has published a city guide featuring 38 architectural projects in Mexico City, spanning from the pre-Hispanic era to the 21st century. The guide highlights the city's layered history, built over the aquatic traces of Tenochtitlan, where monumental Pre-Hispanic structures like the Templo Mayor coexist with Viceroyalty architecture such as the Catedral Metropolitana. Mid-century Mexican Modernism is a key focus, exemplified by the Ciudad Universitaria's integration of art and architecture, Félix Candela's hyper-parabolic shells, and the brutalist works of Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky. The guide also covers the intimate domestic spaces of Luis Barragán and Juan O'Gorman, who experimented with light, vernacular color, and tectonic honesty. The projects range from ancient to contemporary, reflecting the city's continuous negotiation between history and urban mutation.