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Mexico City Facts

150m+ Buildings 19 Completed • 8 Under Constr.
Tallest Building Torre Reforma (246 m)
Global Ranking #51 in the world by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Regional Ranking #9 in North America by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Country Ranking #1 in Mexico by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
First 150m+ Building Torre Latinoamerica (1956)
Average Building Age 13 years
Most Common Function Office, 48%
Most Common Material Concrete, 50%

All building-related facts are for 150m+ buildings.

Buildings See All Buildings in City

1   Torre Mitikah Residencial 2021 267 m
2   Torre Reforma 2016 246 m
3   Chapultepec Uno 2019 241 m
4   Torre BBVA Bancomer 2015 235 m
5   Torre Paradox 2018 234 m
6   Torre Mayor 2003 225 m
7   Torre Ejecutiva Pemex 1984 211 m
8   Downtown & Be Grand Reforma 2022 207 m
9   Torre Altus 1999 195 m
10   Torre Reforma Latino 2016 185 m
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CTBUH Height Criteria
  Completed   Arch. Topped Out   Struct. Topped Out   Under Constr.
1   Torre Puerta Reforma - 305 m
2   Reforma 432 - 254 m
3   Torre Greystar Perisur 2020 160 m
4   Torre Alameda - 133 m
5   Polarea Fase 7 - -
6   Mitikah Torre C - -
CTBUH Height Criteria
  Proposed
1   Torre Puerta Reforma - 305 m
2   Torre Mitikah Residencial 2021 267 m
3   Reforma 432 - 254 m
4   Torre Reforma 2016 246 m
5   Chapultepec Uno 2019 241 m
6   Torre BBVA Bancomer 2015 235 m
7   Torre Paradox 2018 234 m
8   Torre Mayor 2003 225 m
9   Torre Ejecutiva Pemex 1984 211 m
10   Downtown & Be Grand Reforma 2022 207 m
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CTBUH Height Criteria
  Completed   Arch. Topped Out   Under Constr.   Proposed

Building Function More Charts

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Structural Material More Charts

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CTBUH Initiatives

CTBUH Names Tall Building Award Winners and Finalists
22 Jun 2016 – Awards Event

Global News

Despite Court Order, Excavations Continued at Mexico City Property
5 Oct 2018 – Despite a court-ordered suspension of construction…

Tower Plans Scrapped in Mexico City Following Adjacent Commercial Center Collapse
8 Aug 2018 – Following the collapse of a Mexico City complex’s…

Demonstration Held in Protest of Mexico City’s Mítikah Development
1 Aug 2018 – A demonstration in protest of a mixed-use…

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News Related to Mexico City

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Despite Court Order, Excavations Continued at Mexico City Property
5 Oct 2018
Despite a court-ordered suspension of construction activity, excavations to build a 34-story tower continued at a site in Mexico City, which was only zoned for three-…
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Tower Plans Scrapped in Mexico City Following Adjacent Commercial Center Collapse
8 Aug 2018
Following the collapse of a Mexico City complex’s commercial center, developers have canceled plans to construct a 34-story building on the site. Instead, the commercial…
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Demonstration Held in Protest of Mexico City’s Mítikah Development
1 Aug 2018
A demonstration in protest of a mixed-use development, including a 62-story tower, blocked a busy avenue in the Xoco neighborhood of Mexico City. Locals report concerns…
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Work to Begin on 57-Story Mexico City Skyscraper
24 Apr 2018
Construction of a 57-story skyscraper that will rival Mexico City’s tallest building will go ahead after facing seven years of obstacles and delays. Known as Reforma 432…
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Two Meier Mexico City Towers Revealed
29 Jan 2014
Architectural firm Richard Meier & Partners announced its development plans for the Reforma Towers in Mexico City, a set that will include a 110-meter hotel and a 180-…

Videos

Vernacular Architecture in the Context of Mexico’s Tallest Building: Torre Reforma
3 Nov 2016 – Benjamin Romano, LBR&A Architectos

Interview: Torre Reforma
3 Nov 2016 – Benjamin Romano, LBR&A Architectos

Research Papers

Case Study: Torre Reforma, Mexico City
1 Feb 2017 – CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue I

Grounded Development an Essential Protocol for Tallness
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism

Ecosystem-Driven Value Creation for Smarter, Digitalized Buildings
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism

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Papers Related to Mexico City

Case Study: Torre Reforma, Mexico City
1 Feb 2017 – CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue I; Julieta Boy, LBR&A Arquitectos
Torre Reforma is not only the tallest building in Mexico City, but is also representative of innovation and leadership in the high-rise building industry, which has begun…
Grounded Development an Essential Protocol for Tallness
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Francisco Gonzalez-Pulido, JAHN
Tallness is superficial, unless it is literally and physically rooted to the dynamics of context and culture. Tallness has become relevant as our instrument to track…
Ecosystem-Driven Value Creation for Smarter, Digitalized Buildings
17 Oct 2016 – Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Jukka Salmikuukka, Tomio Pihkala & Samu Salmelin, KONE
Digitization is reshaping industries and driving the rise of new business models, with new ways of working and new entrants rewriting the rules in the media, leisure, and…
Megacities: Setting the Scene
Oct 2016 – CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue IV; Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities…
Grade A Office Space in Mexico City: Tight Sites and Shaky Ground
26 Oct 2015 – Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Tom Wilcock, Marc Easton, William Algaard & Tabitha Tavolaro, Arup
In recent years Mexico City has seen a surge in tall building construction, concentrating around the new Central Business District on Paseo de la Reforma, and culminating…
An Innovative Braced Megaframe for Torre BBVA Bancomer in Mexico City
Jun 2014 – CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue II; William H. Algaard & Tom Wilcock, Arup
This paper discusses the design and delivery of an Eccentrically Braced Megaframe (EBMF) for a 52-story building currently under construction in Mexico City. The EBMF for…
Challenging Preconceptions of the High-Rise Typology
Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Rem Koolhaas, OMA
The skyscraper was born over 100 years ago, when the elevator made it possible to have access to previously unimaginable levels of a building. This paper examines…

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