The Architect · Alejandra · Mexico City
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
The murals get the credit; I read the building. Three courtyards ringed by red-and-cream arcades. Stand in the main patio, turn slowly — the arcades frame the sky in perfect bays.
A red-tezontle baroque college wrapped around stacked arcaded courtyards — the walls where Mexican muralism began. I come for the patios first.
— Alejandra, The Architect
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