This concert hall in Mérida, Mexico, comprises a building faced in metal ribs that encloses a central plaza for public performances.
The Palace for Mexican Music, or Palacio de la Música Mexicana, was designed by four local studios: Alejandro Medina Arquitectura, Muñoz Arquitectos, Reyes Rios Larrain Arquitectos and Quesnel.

The project comprises a three-storey, U-shaped building with a local limestone exterior and central courtyard. On top is a roof terrace and garden overlooking the city.

The flat stone walls presented to the street are peppered with coloured-glass windows that glow blue, pink and green in the evening light.
Meanwhile, vertical steel strips painted matte black cover the sides of the upper two levels of portions facing the courtyard, forming external partitions with wave-like shapes.
Aptly titled Patio of Strings after the ribbed cladding, the central outdoor space is planned as a public performance area with capacity for 400 people.

This plaza also faces the city's Cathedral and the dome atop a Third Order Temple from the 17th century, which are framed by the two wings of the building when viewed from a central vantage point.

While creating the cultural building, much attention was paid to foot traffic across the site, regardless of whether pedestrians would enter the venue itself.

The intention is for the project, commissioned by the Mexican state of Yucatán's ministry of culture and the arts, to help revitalise Mérida's historic downtown.
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