Antonio Rivas Mercado (26 February 1853 – 3 January 1927) was a Mexican architect, engineer and restorer.

The Neoclassical exterior and Moorish Revival and Art Nouveau interiors are a clear reflection of Rivas Mercado's eclectic architectural style.

[2] Rivas Mercado was Director of the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City from 1903 to 1912.

He instituted new methods of study and design and is said to have modified the curriculum of the "Architecture and Civil Engineering" major in order to make two different ones out of it.

President Venustiano Carranza commissioned Rivas Mercado to renovate the Military Academy annex of Chapultepec Castle to better accommodate a presidential residence.