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black and white portrait of Mario Ballesteros
Molten Media

AN Interior in conversation with Mario Ballesteros

stair landing with wooden tables
Hues of Blue

WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos reference the bold colors of local architecture for a Mexico City community center

view of a city skyline and a green-roofed topped costco
Thinking Outside the Big Box

Costco in Mexico City’s Santa Fe district is topped by and fused with a sprawling urban park

view of a museum complex through a thick stand of vegetation
Ships Surrounded by Lava

Taller Mauricio Rocha completes an expansion of Diego Rivera and Juan O’Gorman’s experimental museum in Mexico City

MASA Meets Midtown

Last call to see MASA Galería’s Intervención/Intersección at Rockefeller Center

a series of brick archways designed by Estudio MMX
Emerging Voices

Estudio MMX finds room for experimentation within Mexico’s vernacular traditions

a large plant in a sunken room in JO-HS
Lighten Up

In Mexico City, JO-HS showcases local and international work in a breezy gallery

the suez canal at dusk
Once More Into The Breach

Daily digest: More MoMA strikes are on the way, the Suez Canal is blocked (again), and more

The grounds of templo mayor
Tacky Tenochtitlan?

Mexico’s foam Aztec pyramid replica draws ridicule online

An aztec archeological site being excavated
Back Underground

Mexico will re-bury an Aztec archaeological site due to lack of funds

Building Power

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO applies an urban sensibility to projects from private homes to research centers

A roaring mountain range in colorado, soon home to a james turrell installation
Look Up

Daily digest: James Turrell’s newest Skyspace, Frank Gehry’s jazz opera, and more

interior of a bed in a guest house called Octavia Casa, decked out in earth tones
Inner-City Refresher

Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados imbues a serene Mexico City guesthouse with texture and flair

A smooth concrete apartment complex designed by taller capital
Emerging Voices

Taller Capital creates useful solutions from the bottom up

Interior of a house in Roma, Mexico City, with a big bay window
Casa Verde

PRODUCTORA redesigns a calm row house in Mexico City

A concrete cube pavilion with puzzle piece–like panels that has bulbous forms made of white circles growing out of it.
Puzzling

Gerardo Broissin creates a lush microclimate inside a puzzle pavilion

Black and white images of Francisco González-Pulido
No More NAICM

Will Francisco González-Pulido design Mexico City’s new airport?

Aerial image of a four-room concrete house with a flat roof
Threaded Together

Zeller & Moye mixes up Mexican rural life with Casa Hilo housing prototype

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