Mexico also had a prominent modernist movement . Important figures included Félix Candela , born in Spain , who emigrated to Mexico in 1939 , and participated in the construction of the new University of Mexico City ; he specialized in concrete structures in unusual parabolic forms . Another important figure was Mario Pani , who designed the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City ( 1949 ) , and the Torre Insignia ( 1988 ) . Augusto H. Alvarez designed the Torre Latinamericano , one of the early modernist skyscrapers in Mexico City ( 1956 ) ; it successfully withstood the 1985 Mexico City earthquake , which destroyed many other buildings in the city center . 1964 . Pedro Ramirez Vasquez and Rafael Mijares designed the Olympic Stadium for the 1968 Olympics , and Antoni Peyri and Candela designed the Palace of Sports . Luis Barragan was another influential figure in Mexican modernism ; his raw concrete residence and studio in Mexico City looks like a blockhouse on the outside , while inside it features great simplicity in form , pure colors , abundant natural light , and , one of is signatures , a stairway without a railing . He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1980 , and the house was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004
1985 Mexico City earthquake
1985 Mexico City earthquake
Modern architecture