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MexicoLatest Stories

rendering of a stacked pedestrian bridge/plaza crossing a river
Building Back Up

OMA’s stacked pedestrian bridge in Jojutla, Mexico, enters development

An aztec archeological site being excavated
Back Underground

Mexico will re-bury an Aztec archaeological site due to lack of funds

the rio grande river, possible home of a floating border wall?
The River Approach

Army Corps mulls a floating border wall along the U.S.–Mexico border

Photo of low cost housing units in a rural area—the Housing Laboratory
Gathering MOS

Mexico’s Housing Laboratory shows off 32 low-cost prototypes

Aerial image of a four-room concrete house with a flat roof
Threaded Together

Zeller & Moye mixes up Mexican rural life with Casa Hilo housing prototype

Rendering of a low-slung white brick building in Mexico, designed by SO - IL
On Mexican SO - IL

SO – IL is building a social housing prototype in the heart of Mexico

Photo of a school interior and exterior
Prefab Post-Quake

Escobedo Soliz designs two prefab schools in rural Mexico

MEXTRÓPOLI 2019./ Where the city ends

Photo of a brightly decorated church interior
Interiors with Great Acoustics

A grandiose tour of Mexican architecture is coming to New York

Photo of AMLO
“¡Sí se pudo!”

Mexico’s new leader turns “haunted” palace into public park and puts presidential jet up for sale

Brutal Youth

A Boys and Girls Club in Mexico brings brutalism to the children

Photo of the KnitCandela pavilion
Spinning a Yarn

Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich team up to build a knitted formwork concrete pavilion

Station 5, The Two-legged Sun/El Sol Bípedo, by Hungarian-French sculptor Pierre Székely, conserved, 2009. Ruta de la Amistad.
Gold Medal Winners

Mexico City’s public sculpture corridor is a broken dream worth saving

Manita dishes designed by Ortíz Cortés
Claymation

Mexican pottery advocates Colectivo 1050° innovate with traditional crafts

Photo of the Palace for Mexican Music
Yucatán Believe It

The Palace for Mexican Music sings with local stone and dramatic steel ribs

Photo of a solar array in Chile that is similar to the one being built in Mexico.
Desert Green

Mexico is building Latin America’s largest solar installation

Artwork by Clarissa Tossin
Also See The Wojnarowicz Show

Latinx artists explore modern architecture and indigenous space at the Whitney

Rendering of proposed Mexico City airport
Vote Down

Foster + Partners’ Mexico City airport could be cancelled by referendum

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