Mexican Architecture
Architecture and design work from Mexico, spanning residential houses, adaptive reuse, and cultural projects shared by uni.xyz members.
Mexican architecture draws on a long tradition of courtyard houses, thick masonry walls, and a close relationship between built form and landscape. Contemporary practice in the country often reinterprets these traits through concrete, steel, and careful attention to light, privacy, and climate.
Member work under this topic includes single-family residences in places such as Valle de Bravo and San José de Gracia, a renovation of a historic house in Colonia Roma, and cultural and hospitality projects. Together they show how architects here balance regional materials, historic context, and sustainable living.
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ViGa Arquitectos Stacks Vaulted Brick Apartments over Street Retail Beside Mexico City's Parque Hundido
Steps from Parque Hundido in Mexico City, a 460 m² corner building uses concrete vaults, brick and plywood to add density without erasing the block.
S-AR Builds a Five-Square-Meter Concrete Chapel in a Mexican Garden from Thin Walls and Old Bricks
In Santiago, Nuevo León, a tunnel of 8 cm concrete walls tilts down to a steel cross, floored with crushed brick from the chapel it replaced.
ISAD Students Raise a Rarámuri Skirt of Bent Plywood over a Crossing in Chihuahua's Plaza de Armas
A demountable 18 m² timber pavilion in Chihuahua's historic centre, built from ladder frames and wedge joints, turns a busy plaza crossing into shade.
Seiro Arquitectos Stacks Shadows House Down a Steep Zihuatanejo Hillside Toward the Bay
In Zihuatanejo, Mexico, a 506 m² house descends a steep slope in stone, concrete and walnut, trading street privacy for a pool terrace above the bay.
