Christ Church

First day in CDMX and we already discovered an architectural gem, Anglican-Episcopal Christ Church, designed by Mexican architect Carlos Mijares in 1992. A closed-looking pile from outside (Mijares apparently started an architectural group called "menhir"), you'd never guess it's full of light and movement, its variously patterned brick arches and concavities swooping and embracing to conjure worlds beyond worlds. A woman at the church told us the architect had "studied Anglican theology," placing a columbarium chapel behind the altar bathed in light from above. The edifice incorporates elements from an earlier church, including a triptych altar, focal point of pews arranged on a diagonal across the square space - closed for Lent. A transporting space!