Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Torre Mítikah, the tallest building in Mexico City. Situated in the city’s Coyoacán neighborhood, the 877-foot-tall residential skyscraper is described by its designers as a “window to the heavens.”

Externally, the sleek tower features a gently curved taper on the north and south facades. The design approach for the form centered on creating a “timeless quality with a strong sense of stability,” and drew inspiration from the “Axis Mundi” concept: an imaginary vertical axis linking the earth and sky.

Inside, the scheme provides 1.1 million square feet of residential space composed of three different types of living space. While the tower's base is occupied by multi-story townhouses, the mid-levels house two and three-bedroom apartments. The upper levels are devoted to luxury penthouses with indoor gardens, exclusive terraces, and heliport access.

News of the tower’s completion comes weeks after Pelli Clarke & Partners were included on the competition shortlist for a new performing arts center in Sarasota, Florida. 2022 also saw our editorial offer a construction update on the Pelli Clark-designed Toranomon-Azabudai Project A District tower, which will become the tallest building in Japan upon its completion.

In Mexico City, meanwhile, the Mextrópoli Architecture and City Festival recently hosted an MIT-designed installation that explored the material qualities of paper, wood, earth, and concrete. Early in 2022, activists in the city were outraged by the planned removal of a statue protesting gender violence that had been mounted by activists in 2021.