Contemporary Mexican Architecture Special: Geography and Materiality

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One of the most critical factors in architectural design is local climate. While extreme conditions can pose challenges—requiring insulating materials to adapt to changing weather—Mexico's favorable climates work to the designer's advantage, enabling the creation of microclimates and spaces that blur the transition between indoors and outdoors.

Spanning 1,964,375 square kilometers, Mexico is the world's thirteenth largest country. Bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, its geography encompasses an extraordinary diversity of landscapes, climates, and cultures across 31 states and a federal capital. While economic and cultural vitality naturally draws professional focus toward major capitals, we at ArchDaily—the world's largest digital library—know that talent is by no means limited to Mexico City.