Norberto Miranda creates inflatable classroom with world's "thinnest shelf"
Mexican designer Norberto Miranda has created an inflatable "museographic device" made from PVC with a built-in shelf supported by air pressure. More
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Práctica Arquitectura splits red infill home in Mexico with central courtyard
Local studio Práctica Arquitectura has elevated a concrete infill house with a red finish outside of Monterrey, Mexico. More
Elemental references "double condition of castles" for cylindrical home in Mexico
Chilean studio Elemental has created a round concrete house called Casa del Tec outside of Monterrey, Mexico that is the prize of a raffle that funds higher education at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. More
Casa Ventura "floats on top of the hill" it's built on says Tatiana Bilbao
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao explains how her concrete Casa Ventura house responds to the topography of its hilltop site in the latest instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. More
Edmund Sumner photographs P+0's home of interconnected towers in Northern Mexico
Mexican architecture firm P+0 has completed a home on a steep hillside in Monterrey, using smaller volumes clustered together to form the resident's living spaces, which was captured by photographer Edmund Sumner. More
Práctica Arquitectura uses single material for holiday home near Monterrey
A tall, pyramidal roof tops the main living area of this holiday home in northern Mexico by Práctica Arquitectura, made almost entirely of concrete. More
Concrete and travertine form minimalist chapel in northern Mexico by WRKSHP
This minimalist chapel outside of Monterrey in northern Mexico by WRKSHP was designed with a limited palette of materials that allow natural light to define the spacious interiors. More
Mexican students build low-cost solar lamps from natural waste materials
Six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have designed low-cost solar lamps made from mud, beans and cactus slime for people living in isolated rural areas with limited electricity. More
Cadaval & Solà-Morales creates all-white cubic home in Monterrey
A courtyard with a swimming pool lies at the heart of this inward-facing dwelling in northern Mexico by architecture studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales. More
S-AR builds tiny concrete chapel La Providencia in Mexico
A steeply pitched roof tops this small concrete and wood chapel that Mexican architecture firm S-AR has built in Monterrey. More
Sasaki creates two landmark buildings for Monterrey Tec campus in Mexico
Design studio Sasaki has completed a minimalist white pavilion and a glazed library for a growing university in Monterrey, with terraces that offer generous views of the city. More
Reflective holiday home by Tatiana Bilbao hides among trees in Mexico
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao has used mirrored glass, along with rammed earth and clay bricks, to create a vacation home that blends with its wooded site in Monterrey. More
Salón Sociedad bar brings together corporate employees in dark, cosy interior
Black and white tiles, brick arches and wooden furniture all help to create a welcoming ambience at this social space in Monterrey by Mexican studios Communal and OTRA Arquitectura. More
Tatiana Bilbao's Ventura House "grows organically" out from a forested Mexico hillside
This house by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao comprises a cluster of five-sided concrete blocks that emerge from a forested hillside to offer panoramic views towards the city of Monterrey. More
Minimalist house by Alberto Campo Baeza and GLR is bathed in "golden light" inside
The stark white surfaces that dominate this minimal house in Monterrey, Mexico, are interrupted by a golden wall that elevates the quality of light inside. More
Crystalline church by Moneo Brock stands against mountains in Monterrey
Traditional elements like a bell tower are reinterpreted as pointed protrusions in this sculptural church in Monterrey, designed by architecture studio Moneo Brock. More
Wooden gridshell by Anagrama forms shelves inside a Mexico library
Mexican firm Anagrama has installed a dome of interlocking wood panels at a library in Monterrey, creating bookshelves that arch over a stepped reading area (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid plans sinuous apartment complex for first project in Mexico
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans to build a high-density housing development in Monterrey, Mexico, despite having been asked to design a series of high-rise towers (+ movie). More
Balconies, terraces and gardens occupy half of IPE House by P+0 Architecture
This home in the Mexican city of Monterrey by P+0 Architecture includes a series of outdoor spaces for entertaining guests and dogs (+ slideshow). More
Movie: Tadao Ando's art and design school for University of Monterrey
This movie by Mexican film agency Nation tours the school of art, design and architecture that Japanese architect Tadao Ando completed last year at the University of Monterrey in Mexico. More