A newly published, geographically organized guide surveys 38 projects across Mexico City, pairing historic landmarks and Mexican Modernism with contemporary cultural and social-infrastructure work. It is a useful editorial reference, though it is a curated guide rather than a report of a newly built project or development.
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
Michan Architecture — Architecture; credited for Chapultepec Forest Scenic Garden; PARABASE — Architecture; credited with Michan Architecture for Chapultepec Forest Scenic Garden; Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos — Architecture; credited for Palmas 555; LEGORRETA — Architecture; credited for Torre BBVA Bancomer; Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners — Architecture; credited for Torre BBVA Bancomer; David Chipperfield Architects — Architecture; credited for Museo Jumex; Rojkind Arquitectos — Architecture; credited for Cineteca Nacional Siglo XXI; arquitectura 911sc — Architecture; credited with Fernanda Canales for Elena Garro Cultural Center
An upcoming Mexico City conversation connects Espacio Común’s community-built floating festival stage in Peru’s Amazon to wider questions of place-based architectural practice. The event is scheduled for October 14, 2026, with registration available through Obra Blanca.
Location
Grand Auditorium, Hall A, Obra Blanca Expo, Expo Santa Fe, Av. Santa Fe 270, Colonia Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
Obra Blanca — Event host and registration provider; ArchDaily — Event partner; Christele Harrouk is identified as the moderator/presenter; Espacio Común — Featured Peruvian architecture association; designed and built the Muyunafest stage; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú — University publisher of reporting documenting the Muyunafest stage and its project credits; Eleazar Cuadros — Photography
A strong Mexico City interiors story linking the adaptive reuse of a historic creative-work building with flexible exhibition design and collectible lighting. The studio functions as both workplace and evolving showcase, offering a clear architecture-product crossover with locally based designers and craftspeople.
Location
Studio 103, Edificio Humboldt, Artículo 123 #116, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06040, Mexico
Organizations
NAMA Studio — Interior architecture, interior design and creative direction; architect Nahim Magos is personally credited as project lead in the supporting reporting.; Federico Stefanovich Studio — Client, occupier, collectible-design and lighting practice, and collaborator on the interior brief and display requirements.; Karla Lisker — Photography for Vogue México's March 2026 studio feature; not verified as the photographer commissioned by Dezeen.; Alejandro Ramírez Orozco — Photography for the official Salina collection imagery; not verified as the photographer commissioned by Dezeen.
The October program is a priority regional design event with strong editorial potential across architecture, interiors, collectible design and craft. Its international structure—Chile, the MENA region and French-Mexican residencies—offers multiple interview and commissioning angles.
Location
Multiple venues, Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
Design Week Mexico — Event organizer; Mexico Territorio Creativo — Program and organizational partner
A thoughtful Mexican adaptive-reuse project that converts a deteriorated adobe livestock storehouse into the social center of a low-impact residence. Its independent timber roof, locally sourced masonry, and legible distinction between old and new offer a strong case study in modest, materially grounded preservation.
Location
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Organizations
COLAR Colectivo de Arquitectura — Architect and project designer; Ariadna Polo Fotografía de Arquitectura — Photography; the project is credited to photographer Ariadna Polo
An upcoming priority-market design week offers a substantial editorial runway across collectible design, craft, architecture and material experimentation, with Chile positioned as guest country and several exhibitions extending beyond the core week.
Location
Multiple venues, Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
Design Week Mexico — Festival organizer; México Territorio Creativo — Organizing cultural platform
The newly completed Mexican coastal house offers a disciplined response to tropical landscape and climate, with a strong official press package and architectural photography already available for editorial review.
Location
Punta Garrobo, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico
Organizations
HW Studio — Architect; Rogelio Vallejo Bores — Lead architect; Oscar Didier Ascencio Castro — Architect; Nik Zaret Cervantes Ordaz — Architect; Juan Pablo Camacho Ayala — Project team; ARGA Constructora — Structural engineering; COMAQSO — Construction company; César Béjar — Architectural photographer
The three-day event begins today and offers unusually direct access to major Spanish-speaking practices inside buildings by Manuel Tolsá, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Rafael Mijares, Félix Candela and Mies van der Rohe. The live ticketing window makes this an immediate attendance decision.
Location
Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Museo de Arte Moderno and the BACARDÍ complex in Tultitlán, Mexico City and State of Mexico, Mexico
Organizations
Instituto Español de Arquitectura — Organizer; Festival de Arquitectura en Español — Event producer; Museo Nacional de San Carlos — Venue; Museo de Arte Moderno — Venue; BACARDÍ — Venue host
The September 9 talk provides timely access to curator Brenda Fernández and a major design exhibition comprising 212 objects and archival works, creating a practical reporting opportunity in a priority geography.
Location
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Organizations
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey — Organizer and venue; Eames Office — Exhibition collaborator and lender; MillerKnoll — Exhibition sponsor and furniture lender; Daltile — Exhibition sponsor; Consulate General of the United States in Monterrey — Exhibition supporter
A noteworthy Mexican cultural project in a region dominated by private resort development. Its below-grade public gallery uses architecture, desert climate and coastal light as active curatorial conditions rather than treating the building as a sealed exhibition container.
Location
Ánima Village, Cabo del Sol Tourist Corridor, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Organizations
Sordo Madaleno — Architect; SOMA — Client; Arte Abierto — Client and cultural operator; Artec Creo Lab — Collaborator and adviser; Abraham Cruzvillegas — Opening installation artist
The festival is a major Latin American architecture gathering with a concentrated opportunity for interviews, public-space coverage and reporting on Mexican and regional urban debates.
Location
Multiple venues including Colegio de San Ildefonso, Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris and Alameda Central, Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
MEXTRÓPOLI — Festival organizer; Secretaría de Cultura, Government of Mexico — Public supporter through Profest 2026; Arquine — Festival and pavilion-program collaborator
Mexico City's major architecture festival begins September 17 with a concentrated international lineup and substantial public-space programming. Tickets are already on sale, routes will require registration and press outreach should happen now.
Location
Multiple venues across Mexico City, including Colegio de San Ildefonso, Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, Alameda Central, Laguna, Museo Experimental El Eco, Museo de Arte Popular and Centro Cultural de España
Organizations
MEXTRÓPOLI — Festival organizer; Arquine — Organizing cultural and editorial platform; Secretaría de Cultura, Government of Mexico — Public supporter through PROFEST; LANZA Atelier — Keynote participant and 2026 Serpentine Pavilion designer
The four-day Mexico City festival provides a concentrated reporting opportunity around Latin American architecture, public-space installations and urban debate. The newly published program includes building tours, exhibitions and routes focused on O’Gorman, Candela, Goeritz and González de León.
Location
Multiple venues including Alameda Central, Colegio de San Ildefonso, Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, Museo Experimental El Eco and Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City, Mexico
Organizations
MEXTRÓPOLI — Festival; Arquine — Festival organizer; Secretaría de Cultura, Government of Mexico — Institutional supporter through PROFEST; Colegio de San Ildefonso — Opening venue; Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris — Main conference venue
The award is directly relevant to practices in Spain, Brazil and Mexico and is unusual in judging built architecture substantially through film and lived experience. The September 14 nomination deadline creates an immediate service opportunity for eligible studios and filmmakers.
Location
International call covering Europe, Brazil, Mexico and Morocco; programme based in Barcelona, Spain
Organizations
Simon — Award founder and organizer; Fundació Mies van der Rohe — Curator; Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize — Official award platform
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