Tag Mexico City, Mexico

01-11-2022

Mi Pan, a bakery designed by Concentrico in Mexico City

Concentrico, a Mexican interdisciplinary studio concerned with architecture, interior design and creative concepts, designed a new store and café for the renowned Mi Pan bakery in Mexico City. Buying bread becomes a social experience thanks to self-service shopping with an interior design playing upon elements of traditional breadmaking.

16-03-2022

Pérez Palacios arquitectos: Casa Octavia in Mexico City

PPAA Pérez Palacios arquitectos have developed a flexible hotel layout for the Octavia fashion brand in Mexico City’s Condesa district, a project based on the relationship between solids and hollows and on contrasts of light and materials, establishing a new form of contact with the neighbourhood.

13-12-2021

An urban community garden and educational centre in Mexico City

Mexican architectural studio VERTEBRAL worked on El Terreno community garden and educational centre in Mexico City during the COVID-19 pandemic. The multipurpose pavilion made of recycled materials and the garden convincingly bring together the themes of education, sustainability and people-centred design.

29-11-2021

Francisco Pardo Arquitecto Casa Aguacates Valle de Bravo Mexico

Francisco Pardo Arquitecto of Mexico designed a house for a young couple with a child in a rural area in Valle de Bravo, only two hours’ drive from Mexico City. Casa Aguacates is a retreat surrounded by the Mexican forest where the family can return to a more human way of living, closer to the rhythms of nature and far from the frantic pace of city living.

29-06-2021

CPDA Arquitectos’ Jardin Escandón connects architecture with nature

Mexican studio CPDA Arquitectos and the landscape architects of Taller Entorno Paisaje worked on Jardin Escandón, a residential complex built around a central courtyard with a rear patio, so that all the residential units enjoy daylight and cross-ventilation for maximum living comfort in close contact with nature.

30-10-2020

De Huevos in Mexico City is a new gastronomic concept by Cadena Concept Design

The bright shade of yellow leaves no doubt about it: the new gastronomic concept created by Cadena Concept Design for a new fast-food chain is all about eggs! The first outlet opened in Mexico City’s Condesa district. The egg is a very important ingredient in traditional Mexican cuisine, used in both home cooking and more elaborate preparations. Architect Ignacio Cadena drew his inspiration from the food’s simplicity and the country’s peasant traditions to design a practical, modulable space, a concept for the preparation and consumption of egg-based dishes that can easily be adapted for future De Huevos fast-food outlets.

07-09-2020

BAAQ’ puts its name to a sustainable refit in Mexico City

The Mexican architecture studio BAAQ’ founded by Alfonso Quiñones is behind the refurbishment and conversion of a 1960s building in a neighbourhood where the population density is rising. The project generates inclusive spaces, improves the use of daylight and implements sustainable solutions, including the harvesting of water.

17-07-2020

ALENCASTRE 360, a house in Mexico City by HEMAA

With ALENCASTRE 360, the Mexican architectural firm HEMAA has created an outstanding private home in Mexico City. Underlying the project is the desire to preserve the existing trees and incorporate them into the architectural concept.

27-04-2020

MICHEL ROJKIND

“If you’re a musician and you hear somebody play like a motherfucker, you want to jam with him. When I quit music and started architecture, I thought it was the same kind of creative situation.”— Michel Rojkind