A circular enclosure, semi-buried in the terrain, fuses symbolically with the landscape of Todos Santos, in the South Baja California Desert. This discreet project, commissioned by Paradero Hotels, harbors a 185-square-meter non-religious ceremony sp
In response to the growth of the Escandón neighborhood in Mexico City, this building at Antonio Maceo 8 spans 2,000 square meters. Behind a heritage-listed facade rise four concrete volumes containing thirteen dwellings on five stories, and they make
Fifteen minutes from Santa Fe (Mexico City), this pavilion is nestled within the Reserva Santa Fe real-estate development. Right by a lake immersed in the Otomí-Mexica forest, it seeks to be part of the natural surroundings, offering a shelter and ga
This residential project seeks to convey serenity and calm through the manipulation of light. To do this it carefully explores how to capture light shining from above, generating an enveloping experience. The Emma House is also thought out as an exca
Designed in collaboration with the client, the designer James Perse, this house is located in the Mexican state of Nayarit, on the Pacific coast. Independent low pavilions – containing nine rooms, communal spaces, swimming pools, and a spa – are dist
A conifer forest in Costa Esmeralda, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires, is the location of this building of fluid, organic shapes, organized in partly buried, single-level pavilions and crowned with green roofs. They adapt to and take advan
The Shi House sits on the slope of a ravine and the final part of its slab floats lightly over it, held up by earth-covered pilings. It is composed of a vertical stone element harboring the stairs and some horizontal circulation elements; and a white
The extraction of latex from rubber trees is one of the main economic activities of the region where the city of Palenque is located, in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. Beside a plantation rises the Tierra project of Manuel Cervantes Estud
The Mexico City practice of Héctor Barroso built this four-house complex designed as ‘silent architecture’ where plants take center stage, the idea being to let nature act and to engage with it directly. The constructions are carefully integrated int
Three structures clad in burnt wood are connected by pathways in a mountainous landscape: the actual house (1,200 square meters), a bathhouse with perimetral spaces that include a hot bath, a sauna, and a steam shower, surrounded by a swimming pool (
One of the open tournaments of the professional tennis circuit is held on premises where the facilities, presenting a simple wall of rammed earth, blend with the desert landscape. A series of platforms molds the terrain to form playing courts, which
The perpendicular crossing of two paths, along with their respective stone walls, organizes the house in independent quadrants, which separate a garden at the entrance, a parking, the living area, and a workspace.
Located in a forest close to the Mexican city of Guadalajara, the two-level house descends on a very rugged topography. The geometrical composition seeks to reduce the impact of the construction on the existing terrain, and strike a dialogue with the
This is the fifth branch, in Mexico City, of the famous Tori Tori chain of Japanese restaurants. It is located on the ground floor of a corporate building in the modern business district that gives it its name, Santa Fe, and in addressing the culinar
Serving as a showroom, the building resonates with the quarry it is located in – and with the idea of a forum – through the monumentality expressed by its wrinkled and veined stone cladding. Two volumes make up the complex. The more monumental constr
The firm of Salvador Macías and Magui Peredo, based in Guadalajara (Mexico), has raised this boutique hotel on the island of Holbox (which in Mayan means black hole), off the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The heart of the project is a wat
