From México City to Guadalajara to Puebla, these architecture firms are leading the way in Mexico and beyond. The post 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico appeared first on Journal.

These annual rankings were last updated on December 27th, 2023. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking. 

Modernism is often associated with the International Style. However, some of the best examples are those that re-interpret existing architectural traditions through the language of contemporary building materials and technologies. Mexican architecture is exemplary in this regard. Throughout the 20th century, architects found ample inspiration in the country’s architecturally fertile history. Indeed, Mexico’s countless pre-Hispanic and colonial heritages combine to form the largest concentration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Americas. In the decades following the Mexican Revolution of 1917, federal funding for housing, education and healthcare programs fueled a creative culture of design and construction. In the process, Mexican architects challenged broader definitions of modernist architecture by drawing on this rich past.

Today, the country continues to innovate, with socio-political agendas pushing the envelope in volume, materiality and environmental footprint. While Luis Barragán’s name continues to loom large on the scene, Frida Escobedo and Tatiana Bilbao are also making ways by changing the urban landscape into a contemporary and socially responsible space. Mexico’s architectural palimpsest has equally intrigued contemporary designers to revive the vernacular building traditions of its indigenous ancestors. The resulting diverse architectural landscape makes for a fascinating place to explore.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Mexico based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2023) The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2023) The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2023) The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2023) The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2023)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Mexico architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Mexico:

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30. ICONICO

Based in Mexico City and directed by founder architect Moritz Melchert, ICONICO is a contemporary architectural studio devoted to innovative design solutions. Staffed by talented, highly qualified specialists from around the world, Iconico brings consummate professional commitment to the architectural design process. Our clients include both governmental and private institutions; we design major civic, residential, office, industrial and urban projects in Mexico and abroad.

Our approach to design is strongly content driven, always based on analyses of the urban, social and cultural domains and how they interact. Exploiting our key professional strengths in the areas of project management and architectural design, Iconico’s field of endeavor includes everything from initial project design through construction supervision and delivery. We take our name from the term icon, which has come to signify a streamlined graphic representation of an object or idea that can be swiftly and easily grasped by the mind.

Some of ICONICO’s most prominent projects include:

Trevox Apartments, Naucalpan, Mexico Moncayo Club House, Méx., Mexico Hirschvogel, San Juan del Río, Mexico International Business Center, Yerevan, Armenia Palo Alto Tower, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped ICONICO achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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29. FARQ Arquitectos

Integral Design studio based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. We seek to merge the everyday use materials with the new state of the art technology. Design, simplicity and style are our goal.

Some of FARQ Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

Casa J11, Zapopan, Mexico Arrayan House, Zapopan, Mexico Casa Lago, Jal., Mexico La Bendita Eventos, Zapopan, Mexico House in Mitica, Zapopan, Mexico

The following statistics helped FARQ Arquitectos achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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28. dmp arquitectura

MEXICAN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP Multidisciplinary team that works under a common idea: create comprehensive architecture through practical and functional solutions. Throughout 30 years we have designed, built and developed more than 250 projects in different areas of the Mexican and international industry. We take care of providing personalized services to all our clients in each project, this being our main differentiator.

Some of dmp arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

Casa Fuentes, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico xomali house, CDMX, Mexico Parque del Conde , Mexico City, Mexico house CD, Méx., Mexico I 24, Ciudad de México, Mexico

The following statistics helped dmp arquitectura achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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27. ROW Studio

ROW Studio, is an architecture and design firm based in Mexico City. It was founded by Alvaro Hernández Felix and Alfonso Maldonado Ochoa in 2005 who were joined a year later by partner Nadia Herna?ndez Fe?lix.

Some of ROW Studio’s most prominent projects include:

Estacion Glocal Design, Ciudad de México, Mexico Espacio C Mixcoac, Ciudad de México, Mexico Superama Tecamachalco, Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico Evergreen La Florida Superama Jardines de la Montaña

The following statistics helped ROW Studio achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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26. CENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA

CENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA is a young enterprise which since 1998 has grown considerably and is known for its exceptional quality and service. The architects José Sánchez and Moisés Ison, founders and directors of CENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA, continue creating and developing amazing projects. The company’s focus is the fusion of financial planning, architectural design, construction and real estate within a complete strategy which allows for taking the best advantage of available resources. At the same time they seek the excellence in construction management and design, as well as providing the deserved service to each valued customer.

Some of CENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA’s most prominent projects include:

Nima Bay, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico House La Punta House Reforma Aromas, Mexico City, Mexico Cacahuamilpa 11, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped CENTRAL DE ARQUITECTURA achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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25. Gerardo Ars Arquitectura

Gerardo Ars Arquitectura is an architecture firm based in Mexico. Its work revolves mostly around residential architecture.

Some of Gerardo Ars Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

NEST HOUSE, Alvarado, Mexico Three House, Heroica Veracruz, Mexico Libertad 196, Boca del Río, Mexico Coral House, Boca del Río, Mexico

The following statistics helped Gerardo Ars Arquitectura achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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24. Dionne Arquitectos

We are an architecture and interior design firm located in the city of Puebla, with projects in Mexico and Texas. Formed by architects and professionals with a passion for architecture and design, we believe that communication and collaboration at all levels are basic elements in the search for better results. The taste for what we do and attention to detail identify us. We believe that good architecture touches the heart. We believe in design and seek to create works that inspire the senses. We seek to go beyond the architectural object to achieve vibrate with architecture and commit ourselves socially and environmentally with our surroundings.

Some of Dionne Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

Casa 8A, PUE, Mexico Casa ATT, Puebla, Mexico Hacienda San Antonio, Cholula, Mexico Flats del Parque, Puebla, Mexico El Fresno, Atlixco, Mexico

The following statistics helped Dionne Arquitectos achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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23. GOMA Taller de Arquitectura

GOMA Taller de Arquitectura is a firm with more than ten years of experience and continuous innovation in the design and execution of architectural and construction projects. We develop ideas and concepts aligned with the vision of our clients, and conduct them powered by the inspiration of our leaders plus the creativity and passion of each one of our collaborators.

Some of GOMA Taller de Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

CasaTejocote, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Hotel Hércules, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Casa Moya, Mexico City, Mexico Cervecería Hércules, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Casa Jurica, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

The following statistics helped GOMA Taller de Arquitectura achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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22. ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo

We are an architecture firm located in Mexico City that was founded in 2014 by Sergio Portillo Alarcón, whose background includes directing and coordinating a firm and a contracting company for 10 years. His work has been published in Mexico and abroad. We focus on generating value through the contemporary practice of architecture and urbanism. Our approaches are sensitive to the context and the environment and combine high-tech materials with regional products. We are truly committed to architecture and how people experience it. This is why we develop proposals that are relevant to the site and its environment that take the specific circumstances of each case into consideration.

Some of ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo’s most prominent projects include:

Casa Mika, Mexico City, Mexico Villa Jardín, Mexico Cumbres House, Mexico Vineyard “El Pedregal”, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped ASP Arquitectura Sergio Portillo achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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21. Taller ADG

Taller ADG was established as a workshop by its founder Alonso de Garay, he regards his work as an open-ended learning process, with the same dedication and passion that must be devoted to art, seeking for sensibleness in each project. Taller ADG values each stage of the creative process, which begins with research, considering issues of urbanism, sustainability, landscape, interior design and graphic identity, working with technology for construction in a single virtual model (BIM); through to post-occupation analysis and documentation. Taller ADG is mainly dedicated to architectural projects with social impact and has experience in different typologies and scales, the interventions in architectural reuse of buildings with artistic and heritage value stand out.

Some of Taller ADG’s most prominent projects include:

Diablos Rojos Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico Izar Houses, Valle de Bravo, Mexico Stone House, Monterrey, Mexico Bezares Apartment, Mexico City, Mexico Zacatecas, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped Taller ADG achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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20. MICHAN ARCHITECTURE

Michan Architecture is a studio based in Mexico City founded in 2010. The practice operates as a laboratory of architecture, exploring new possibilities within the discipline. We see architecture as a flirtation towards the built environment; a question towards the norm, a speculation of what the future can be.

Some of MICHAN ARCHITECTURE’s most prominent projects include:

Social Housing Z53, Azcapotzalco, Mexico Chapultepec 500, Mexico City, Mexico Pavilion ( ), Mexico City, Mexico OKU, Mexico City, Mexico Archivo Pavillion, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped MICHAN ARCHITECTURE achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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19. GLR ARQUITECTOS / GIlberto L. Rodríguez

Holding a degree from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Harvard University, Gilberto L. Rodríguez has lectured at several universities in Mexico and has given design workshops at both the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, and the Universidad de Monterrey.

His first project built, the Elizondo House, won a mention of honor at the National Biennial of Mexican Architecture in 1994. Throughout his career he has been recognized with over 20 National Design Awards, rewarding their commitment to improve the quality of the architecture of their city and their country. His firm, GLR arquitectos has developed a wide portfolio that includes residential projects as well as important mixes use developments, being in charge of both the architecture and the interior design.

Some of GLR ARQUITECTOS / GIlberto L. Rodríguez’s most prominent projects include:

Domus Aurea by GLR Arquitectos + Estudio Alberto Campo Baeza, Monterrey, Mexico Magma Towers, Monterrey, Mexico BC House, Monterrey, Mexico CH House, Monterrey, Mexico MT House, Monterrey, Mexico

The following statistics helped GLR ARQUITECTOS / GIlberto L. Rodríguez achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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18. HW Studio

HW STUDIO architects is based in Morelia, Mexico. It is an architecture studio founded with the idea of bringing together creative talents of architectural design based in the city of Morelia. HW STUDIO focuses on the design of spaces that offer personalized experiences for each of our clients. Formed by an interdisciplinary team from different countries of the world, HW STUDIO seeks a common goal, to realize an architecture in which serenity, technique and beauty converge; an architecture that transmits harmony, peace and timelessness in its spaces, that is elegant but discreet for its fair materiality and precision in the assembly of its forms.

Produce a certain sense of serenity, elegance and authenticity that promotes a state of mind peace with oneself and with what surrounds it, create spaces, furniture, objects and human relationships that help achieve that state of mind. ” Serenity is the great and true antidote to anguish and fear, and today, more than ever, it is the duty of the architect to make him a permanent guest of the space, no matter how humble or sumptuous he is” Luis Barragán. We understand our profession as a service and we have a clear ideal: “to do it very well.” As well as in the words of Robert Sullivan; our architecture is like a good therapy session, a good marriage, a good poem or a good meal, gentle and invisible that allows you to be you, as imperfect and beautiful as you are.

Some of HW Studio’s most prominent projects include:

JA House, Morelia, Mexico MP House, Morelia, Mexico Kaji o lugar donde nace el fuego, Morelia, Mexico The hill in front of the glen, Morelia, Mexico Enso II, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

The following statistics helped HW Studio achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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17. Bosco Arquitectos

Bosco, is a Mexican architecture firm based in Mexico City founded in 1983. We understand architecture as a medium between man and his environment, between permanent values and everyday problems, between the world of the spirit and material needs. We believe that it is necessary to make a new architecture, which recovers its sense of time and place.

We seek to understand, value and respect the rich architectural legacy of Mexico, to achieve it, we are aware that the creative process requires a constant work of study, analysis and perfection, all this must lead us to set goals that are achieved with patience and work, considering the constant care in the simplicity of form, color, scale and in a complementary way; the spiritual and emotional values of the character of each space.

Some of Bosco Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

Armella House, Ciudad de México, Mexico Gamba House, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Santa Fe 455, Ciudad de México, Mexico Meseta House, Ciudad de México, Mexico MURAL TOWER, Ciudad de México, Mexico

The following statistics helped Bosco Arquitectos achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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16. Zeller & Moye

Zeller & Moye is a design studio based in Mexico City and Berlin that works at the intersection of architecture, arts, design and latest technology through an experimental, multidisciplinary and collaborative working culture.

Some of Zeller & Moye’s most prominent projects include:

HAUS KÖRIS, Brandenburg, Germany SANDRA WEIL Store, Mexico City, Mexico TROQUER FASHION HOUSE, Mexico City, Mexico CASA VERNE, Mexico City, Mexico CASA HILO, Mexico

The following statistics helped Zeller & Moye achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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15. grupoarquitectura

Grupo Arquitectura is led by Daniel Álvarez, with more than forty years of experience in the fields of architecture and construction. Countless projects of all kinds have been developed, including both single-family and multi-family residences, office buildings, commercial buildings, hospitals, interior design, urban planning and landscaping. We have multiple recognitions and awards in Mexico and internationally. We’ve always worked with a multi-disciplinary team and always very closely with our clients, understanding perfectly the needs and claims of each project.

Some of grupoarquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

Dalias House, Mexico City, Mexico Hidalga House, Mexico City, Mexico La Casa en el Bosque, Mexico City, Mexico Casa Vista al Lago, Mexico City, Mexico Park Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped grupoarquitectura achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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14. ROTH ARCHITECTURE

Created by Roth Azulik, Roth Architecture is rooted in the unique combination of three fundamental pillars: nature, ancestry and art.

Some of ROTH ARCHITECTURE’s most prominent projects include:

Sfer ik Museion Uh May, Francisco Uh May, Mexico Residence Uh May, Q.R., Mexico Zak Ik Tulum, Tulum, Mexico

The following statistics helped ROTH ARCHITECTURE achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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13. Garza Iga Arquitectos

Garza Iga Arquitectos is dedicated to the creation, research and innovation of architecture, design and construction. Based in Chihuahua, Mexico, the firm has participated in projects of various types, such as residential, cultural, institutional and commercial.

Some of Garza Iga Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

Cima House, Chih., Mexico Pedregal House, Chih., Mexico Pedregal House, Chihuahua, Mexico Mitre House, Chihuahua, Mexico CIMA HOUSE, Chihuahua, Mexico

The following statistics helped Garza Iga Arquitectos achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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12. Cherem Arquitectos

In 2003 architect Abraham Cherem founded Cherem Arquitectos, and in 2013 he associated with architect Jose Antonio Aguilar. Its diverse body of work includes cultural, residential, commercial and hospitality projects, among others. Cherem Arquitectos work combine a selection of local materials with the most convenient technology available for each project, shaping a proposal that dialogues with its immediate environment. Aware about what they design has a direct impact on the planet, each project represents a challenge not only for today but for the future, therefore the detailed selection of materials and the respect to them.

Some of Cherem Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

Guesthouse Casa Candelaria, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Casa Candelaria, Mexico House P, Mexico Tebila, Mexico City, Mexico Downtown Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico

The following statistics helped Cherem Arquitectos achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Mexico:

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