CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation
Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a pavilion made from wood at Casa Wabi outside of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. More
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Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered viewpoint in Mexico
Suspended gabions weights provide a counterweight to the steel cantilever in this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico. More
Brutalism is "very simple and honest architecture" says Ludwig Godefroy
French architect Ludwig Godefroy discusses how working in Mexico has helped him to develop his concrete-heavy style in this exclusive interview. More
Moises Sánchez uses local construction methods for cubic Mexican house
Guadalajara-based architect Moises Sánchez has created a stucco-clad, cube-shaped holiday home shaded by a large tree in western Mexico. More
Bunkhouse and Reurbano convert 1940s Mexico City apartments into boutique hotel
American hotel brand Bunkhouse and interior design studio Reurbano have used motifs derived from the history of a Mexico City structure when converting it into a boutique hotel. More
RA! clads Mexico City taco restaurant with broken tiles
Local architecture studio RA! took cues from Latin American art deco design when creating the tiny interior of Los Alexis, a small taqueria in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighbourhood. More
Primary colours fill converted brick structure in San Miguel de Allende
Architecture studios Oficina de Diseño Colaborativo and Atelier TBD have created a cultural space that preserves the "self-built essence" of San Miguel de Allende. More
Mauricio Alonso creates Tomm House for irregular site in Mexico
Clay tiles line the front of a slender family house in San Miguel de Allende that was designed by local architect Mauricio Alonso to be in "continuous dialogue with the landscape". More
Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls
Design firms WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a multi-level, concrete community centre in an underserved neighbourhood that is meant to "promote the regeneration of social life". More
Javier Guzmán Cervantes showcases furniture made from urban waste in Mexico
Mexican architect Javier Guzmán Cervantes has collected urban waste materials including cinderblocks and rebar to create a series of furniture for a show in Mexico City. More
Tara Bernerd fills Maroma hotel in Mexico with artisanal elements
Interior designer Tara Bernerd worked with local artisans when dressing the cavernous rooms at the Maroma hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico, which were renovated to reflect hacienda-style living. More
Mexican design and architecture undergoing a "renaissance" says Héctor Esrawe
Mexico is experiencing a "renaissance" in architecture and design because of its embrace and promotion of artisanal practices, says designer Héctor Esrawe in this exclusive interview. More
COA Arquitectura adds "earth-toned" home to Mexican forest
Blocky forms and triangular cutouts intersect to form Casa Cielo, a monolithic house that Mexican studio COA Arquitectura has added to a forest in Jalisco. More
Mexico City restaurant by RA! arranged around upside-down pyramid bar
A bar counter shaped like an inverted ziggurat sits at the centre of this restaurant in Mexico City, designed by local architecture studio RA! More
Lucio Muniain designs Mexican concrete house as "habitable sculpture"
Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. More
CCA runs arched colonnade through community centre in Mexico
Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a concrete community centre defined by a series of arches in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico. More
Barde vanVoltt orients renovated Mexico City house around mezcal bar
A private mezcal bar forms the heart of this house that Amsterdam interior architecture firm Barde vanVoltt has overhauled in Mexico City's La Condesa neighbourhood. More
Taller Capital practises "retroactive infrastructure" for linear park in Mexico
Architecture studio Taller Capital has created a linear park in Mexico City that incorporates a walkway and made with materials optimised for water retention and dust mitigation. More
Xokol restaurant by ODAmx and Rubén Valdez celebrates "collective ritual" of eating
Mexican architects ODAmx and Rubén Valdez have designed a restaurant with an ash-coloured interior inside a former mechanic's workshop in Guadalajara. More
"No one can afford to live in the city anymore" says commenter about NYC skyscraper
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing news that architecture studio BIG has completed its first supertall skyscraper in New York City and debating a minimalist pink house in Mexico by César Béjar Studio. More