General Prim 30, Juárez, Mexico City

This house in Colonia Juárez, built in 1905 by engineer Alberto Robles Gil, is one of the great jewels of Porfirian-era architecture. It is remarkable that the building once fell into abandonment. Every period it passed through and every different use it had is documented in a palimpsest of colors and materials that remains exceptionally well preserved today.

General Prim 32, Juárez, Mexico City

One year after the completion of General Prim, in 1906, its neighboring building was inaugurated. Although the passage of time and the similarity of materials make their façades read today as part of the same architectural complex, their programs were completely different, with this latter building conceived as apartments for the upper bourgeoisie of the period.

G. Rafael Rebollar 93, San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City

Surrounded by some of the city's most important art galleries, this property is composed almost like a Tetris of spaces that propose different uses and intersections. It takes as its starting point a mid-20th-century house that has expanded in different directions, creating new programs concealed by its winding vegetation.

Barcelona 26, Juárez, Mexico City

This iconic house in Colonia Juárez is another remarkable example of Porfirian-era architecture. Its grand French-inspired façade, imposing windows, and large gate shield the interior from the street; once across the threshold, one discovers one of the city's most peaceful courtyards.

Córdoba 87, Roma Norte, Mexico City

Margarita Quijano, a key figure in Mexican literature during the first half of the 20th century, lived in this eclectic-style house. A teacher, researcher, and avid reader, she was also the muse of poet Ramón López Velarde, whose love she never returned. In tribute to its former owner, the house hosts a program devoted to literature and music.

G. Tiburcio Montiel 18 and 20, San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City

Just two blocks from Chapultepec Forest stand the former offices of the Atlantis pharmaceutical company, a six-story L-shaped building that will house one of the most ambitious and complex programs on Mexico City's cultural scene.