Mexican architecture practice HW Studio has created a hillside house outside of Mexico City consisting of a vertical volume that houses circulation and a horizontal volume containing its living spaces. Located in Morelia, HW Studio created the 4,735 square foot (439 square metres) Casa Shi to strike a balance between the "natural and artificial". HW Studio has created a home in Mexico comprised of a vertical and horizontal volume The house is made up of a rectangular, vertical stone-clad volume – containing the main circulation – affixed to a low-lying, horizontal volume with bedrooms, bathro ..read more

Mexico City studio MYT+GLVDK has designed a fast-casual restaurant where exposed concrete walls are covered in wavy green metal mesh. The office led by Andrés Mier y Terán and Regina Galvanduque completed both the architectural and graphic identities for Órale Milanga, located in the city's upscale Polanco neighbourhood. The Órale Milanga restaurant is designed to have a relaxed atmosphere, which is channelled through both its interiors and branding The restaurant celebrates the "comforting and beloved" dish, the Milanese – which many countries claim to have birthed – in a new concept by Vene ..read more

This wooden pavilion set among lush gardens forms a retail space in Mexico City for fragrance brand Xinú, designed by its founders Esrawe + Cadena. The Xinú Marsella space occupies a former car mechanic's workshop in the city's Juarez neighborhood that has been transformed into an oasis of greenery. Esrawe + Cadena built the Xinú boutique within an industrial courtyard transformed into a verdant garden It was built to provide a multi-sensory experience for customers of perfume and home scent brand Xinú, which designers Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena founded in 2016. Both had a hand in cr ..read more

Estudio Carroll has completed a boutique hotel coated in pink chukum and set in an artificial wetland in Puerto Escondido, Mexico with a shape informed by "the female form". The 620-square metre Xique Boutique Hotel was completed in November 2023 on a 278-square-metre property overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Estudio Carroll has completed a boutique hotel in Puerto Escondido Estudio Carroll, which is based in Mexico City, approached the project with three principles in mind: orientation, airflow, and environmental stability. The studio sought to "blend relaxation, harmony with the environment ..read more

From a brutalist dwelling nestled in a pine forest to a beachy weekend retreat with a rooftop swimming pool, our latest lookbook features 10 holiday homes across Mexico. While known for their often vibrant colours, Mexican interiors also include many examples of more muted designs. These earthy hues are often created through the use of natural and local materials, such as wood and stone. Holiday homes are located all over the country, which has a varied landscape and is famous for its escapist destinations. Here are 10 Mexican holiday homes that combine pared-back colour palettes with getaway ..read more

Mexican architecture practice FMT Estudio has renovated and extended a 1980s house adding clean white facades accented by wooden and wrought iron details in Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula. Completed in April 2023, La Posmoderna measures 350 square metres (3,767 square feet) on a square, walled 630-square metre (6,781-square foot) property. FMT Estudio renovated the house in Mérida The private, internally focused home features a warm, neutral palette, protected from the street by a dark green metal fence. The single-family residence was transformed to simplify the complex, outdated floor plan ..read more

Mexican architect María José Gutiérrez has placed a series of round, pine-clad cabins connected by suspended bridges onto a vineyard in Mexico to serve as vacation rentals. Located in Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada on the Baja Peninsula, Zeuhary Hospedaje Campestre includes a community lounge and four vacation rental cabins. Top: photo by Martin Acevedo. Above: the cabins are located in Baja California, Mexico. Photo by Jonatan Ruvalcaba Maciel "Beyond creating spaces we aim to create experiences, where nature and human beings integrate and recognize each other," María José Gutiérrez, who leads ..read more

Mexican architecture studio RED Arquitectos has completed a cement-covered residence with screens made of stones used for preparing food on the coastline of Cerritos, Mexico. The 130-square metre Casa que Da was completed on a 2,000-square-metre property in Baja California Sur in May 2023. RED Arquitectos has completed a cement-covered residence in Mexico The town – located between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas in the foothills of the Sierra Laguna – was built to accommodate the growing tourism business, but is characterised by the red brick and smoke chimneys traditionally seen in structures in ..read more

Belgian design collective Zaventem Ateliers has recreated a full furniture show in cardboard after the majority of the pieces it was to show at a Mexico City exhibition were stalled in transit from Europe. Zaventem Ateliers, a collection of design studios that operates out of a 19th-century paper mill outside of Brussels, recreated a full exhibition after it learned that the 35 pieces it had brought for the Unique Design X exhibition taking place during Mexico City art week were not going to be released from customs. The works by eight design studios, including members Krjst Studio and Serban ..read more

Design collective Panorámica has created a machine that utilises artificial intelligence and a set of prompts to generate unique pieces of furniture based on a repository of Mexican design styles during Mexico Ciy art week. Showcased at the design section of the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, the exhibition was called Anybody Can Be a Mexican Designer with a subheading that disclaimed "even if you are not a designer nor Mexican". The exhibition showcased the collective's machine inside a white booth backed by a massive screen. Mexican collective Panorámica created the Anybody Can Be a Mex ..read more