Building Technology Michan Architecture Transforms a Mid-Century Apartment Building in Mexico City Mexico Michael Snyder March 7, 2025 No Comments A sculptural facade in raw concrete gives new expression to a 1950s-era Functionalist building in trendy La Condesa.Read More
Record Houses 2024 Atelier Ars Blends Modernism, Classicism, and Regional Vernacular with a House in the Mountains of Central Mexico Tapalpa, Mexico Michael Snyder September 10, 2024 No Comments Anchored by a totemic stone chimney, the blush-colored Promontory Villa is densely packed with tactile details.Read More
Record Houses 2024 In Mexico, Fernanda Canales’s Casa 720 Plays with Circular Geometries Michael Snyder September 3, 2024 No Comments Using a pared-down material palette of concrete, wood, glass, and stone, the country house for a family of six is defined by its panoramic vistas.Read More
Design Vanguard 2024: Iván Bravo Architects Santiago, Chile Michael Snyder June 21, 2024 No Comments Blurring disciplinary lines, the Chilean architect creates spaces that respond to the uncertainties of our changing climate.Read More
Stately Brick Arches Turn a Community Center in Mexico into a Castle for Everybody Mexico City Michael Snyder March 11, 2024 No Comments One of hundreds of planned centers across Mexico City, Derek Dellekamp's PILARES Quetzalcóatl is marked by an elegant motif of repeating arches.Read More
Tracing the Legacy of Architect Theodor Cron, Overlooked Giant of Peruvian Modernism Michael Snyder October 13, 2023 No Comments Edited by Irene Arce and Johann Schweig, a new monograph brings together essays, letters, photographs, drawings and more in a decade-long research project about the Swiss-born architect.Read More
A Sculptural Communal Table Anchors an Eclectic Restaurant by ODAmx and Rubén Valdez Practice Guadalajara, Mexico Michael Snyder September 1, 2023 No Comments Xokol's expanded new home honors the Guadalajaran restaurant's commitment to craft, cuisine, and community.Read More
Tatiana Bilbao's Mazatlán Aquarium Rethinks How Humans Relate to Nature Mazatlán, Mexico Michael Snyder August 3, 2023 No Comments A stark composition of violet-tinted concrete, the aquarium is conceived as a "living ruin."Read More
'Shaping Transformation' Charts the Multigenerational Impact of Mexican Firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos Michael Snyder February 21, 2023 No Comments The Barry Bergdoll–curated show is on view in the central atrium of Mexico City's grand 18th-century Palacio Iturbide now through July 9.Read More
Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá Wraps a Gym in an Accordion-like Facade Bogotá, Colombia Michael Snyder January 2, 2023 No Comments On a campus at the edge of Colombia’s sprawling capital, Daniel Bonilla designs a dramatic revamp for a school gymnasium.Read More