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José Luis Martínez Library / Alejandro Sánchez García

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Library, Interior Design
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Mexico D.F., Mexico

Reforma Latino Tower / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos

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Office buildings, Sustainability
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: Landa + Martínez Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  968751 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Aluvisa, Atlas Schindler, Highlander, Illux, Lamosa, +5

Carlos Monsiváis Personal Library / JSª Arquitectura

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Library
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Mexiico City, Mexico
  • Architects: JSa
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  225 m²
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lighteam

“Architecture Should be About What It Can Do, Not What it Can Look Like”: In Conversation with Michel Rojkind

Born in 1969 in Mexico City, Michel Rojkind was educated in the 1990s at the Universidad Iberoamericana, while also performing as a drummer in Aleks Syntek’s popular rock band la Gente Normal. He opened his practice Rojkind Arquitectos in 2002. Among his most representative built works are Foro Boca for the Boca del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra in Veracruz, a newly expanded film complex Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, a pair of factory additions for the Nestlé Company in Queretaro, and the Nestlé Chocolate Museum in Toluca, all in Mexico. We spoke about how his architecture engages with people, why architects should assume roles that extend beyond architecture, and the importance of generosity and not worrying about designing everything 100%.

The following excerpt from my interview with Rojkind completes a series of conversations that I conducted in Mexico City while preparing my exhibition “Something Other than a Narrative” from the Architects’ Voices and Visions series at Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM.

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Miniso Mexico Office / Grupo Lateral Arquitectura y Construcción

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Offices, Offices Interiors
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Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
  • Architects: Grupo Lateral Arquitectura y Construcción
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1400 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Mobica, Nomah Design, Pleus, Stanley Hardware, Stilo Concepto

Capulin 59 Residential Building / ArquiPartners

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Houses, Apartments, Apartment Interiors
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Ciudad de México, Mexico
  • Architects: ArquiPartners
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  900 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Abitare acabados, Grupo Tenerife, Irkon, Moctezuma, Velsa

Jewish Documentation and Research Center of Mexico (CDIJUM) / Ezra Cherem Behar & Alan Cherem Hamui

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Synagogue, Museum, Library
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: Ezra Cherem Behar, Alan Cherem Hamui
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  20537 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GC Geoconstrucción S.A. de C.V., Global Woods, HEG Diseño e Instalación S.A. de C.V., Organitec, Sackbé S.A. de C.V., +2

dn65 / Arquitectura Sistémica

dn65 / Arquitectura Sistémica - Apartments
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Apartments
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Ciudad de México, Mexico
  • Architects: Arquitectura Sistémica
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4500 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acevedo Instalaciones, Cruz Azul, NOVIDESA, Novaceramic, Vitech

Photographer Yueqi “Jazzy” Li Captures the Dynamism of Mexico City's UNAM Campus

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© Yueqi "Jazzy" Li

Although the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), south of Mexico City, is home to the well-known O’Gorman murals, it is, in fact, the campus itself, that is quite intriguing. Walking through UNAM, individuals find themselves in an architectural display of modernist buildings that date back 70 years, along with open courtyards, hidden walkways, and pavilions. Uniquely, the campus buildings have a little bit of everything: bold geometry, openness, abstraction, humanistic design, permeability with nature, decaying masonry walls, local lava rocks used as walls, and pavers throughout the campus.

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Torre Diana / Colonnier Arquitectos

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Office buildings
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: Colonnier Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  141229 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Saint-Gobain, Alcopla, American Standard, Atlas Schindler, Cemex, +6

PRV 843 Building / JL arquitectos

PRV 843 Building / JL arquitectos - Residential
© Aldo C. Gracia

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Apartments, Residential
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: CH2 arquitectos, JL Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1647 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Irving, Kone, NewTechWood, Novaceramic, Pinturas Berel

Escandón Terrace / PALMA

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Renovation, Apartment Interiors
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: PALMA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  35 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  MACERE México

Casa Santísimo / JJRR/Arquitectura + AREA

Casa Santísimo / JJRR/Arquitectura + AREA - Extension
© Jaime Navarro

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Houses, Renovation, Extension
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: Area, JJRR/ARQUITECTURA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12916 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018

MX581 Building / HGR Arquitectos

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Apartments
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Ciudad de México, Mexico
  • Architects: HGR Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3149 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Basaltex, Goirand, Gravita, Pisos Creativos, Top Form

Guateque Office / Estudio Atemporal

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Offices Interiors
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Ciudad de México, Mexico
  • Architects: Estudio Atemporal
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  722 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Comex, Fester, Leviton, Tecno Lite, URREA

El Expendio de Maíz / Ludwig Godefroy Architecture

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Restaurant
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: Ludwig Godefroy Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  538 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Concrete, Volcanic Stone

AD Classics: Los Manantiales / Felix Candela

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This article was originally published on April 14, 2014. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.

With the design for Los Manantiales, Felix Candela’s experimental form finding gave rise to an efficient, elegant, and enduring work of structural art. Comprised of four intersecting hypars, a strikingly thin roof surface creates a dramatic dining space. Built as Candela was establishing an international reputation as the foremost shell building, he demonstrated to the world his masterful combination of artistry and technical virtuoso.

Local / MRD Arquitectos

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Temporary installations
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Mexico City, Mexico
  • Architects: MRD Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  105 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018