Architecture in Mexico City

Featured in a Hollywood film, this church is a monumental example of mid-century art deco architecture.

Remnants of an architect's residence that displays his embrace of organic architecture.

Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.

Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.

Named after and designed by women, this unique cultural center is an early 20th-century mansion covered in a modern shell.

A unique hybrid of fountain, stained glass and monument, designed and built by a notable architect-engineer team.

One of the best examples of Modernist religious architecture in Mexico City.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

This striking building appears to defy gravity, a tower balancing atop a much smaller cube.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

This laboratory has a remarkable concrete roof that measures less than an inch at its thickest point.

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.