The Parish of the Miraculous Medal is located in the Colonia Vértiz Narvarte within the Benito Juárez Mayor's Office in Mexico City. The temple was made with an architecture far from baroque, neoclassical or churrigueresque. It was built in 1956 by the Spanish Félix Candela. In its exterior structure, the main gabled nave and the concrete peaks on the sides stand out. On the entrance façade, polychrome stained glass windows act as a triangular-shaped wall, which allows natural light to enter the interior. At the altar there is a brick wall where an altarpiece hangs with three images: the miraculous virgin and a pair of angels on each side. 
Regarding the engineering and construction of the work, the company Covers Ala participated. The design of the church's stained glass windows was carried out by José Luis Benllure, a renowned architect from Mexico City. It reflects an architectural wonder, and a religious enjoyment for the people who use it today.

Written by Gabriel Ruisántxez 

Alongside Breuer’s Abbey Church Candela’s church is a very early example of the purist use of sculptural exposed concrete formwork.

In use. Exposed concrete painted white today.

This building was included in the red list, published in our exhibition catalog SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey (September 2017). After a status review on October 23, 2024, it was reclassified in the online database from red (endangered) to gray (least concerned / unknown).