Mexico Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Mexico - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Mexico.
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Blown glass and graffiti: San Miguel de Allende’s bold retail outpost
By Carole Dixon • Last updated
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Azulik Uh May brings sustainability and art together under one eco-conscious roof
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Modern hydroponics meet contemporary architecture in this new office in Mexico
By Helen Berg • Last updated
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Javier Sanchez gets moody with lighting at Umbral, Mexico City
By Daven Wu • Last updated
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Grupo Casa Pueblo has unveiled its sophomore property on a sunny strip of Tulum’s Beach Road
By Daven Wu • Last updated
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Lagalá adds a dose of colour to Mexico's ‘White City’
By Tracy Lynn Chemaly • Last updated
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Ludwig Godefroy’s brutalist Casa Mérida in Mexico
Concealed concrete courtyards and cool garden rooms make for a contemplative hideaway in Mérida, Yucatán
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Retreat to Productora’s brutalist jungle hideaway
Casa Bautista is a piece of living sculpture in the Mexican jungle. Designed by Productora, the house is a combination of surrealist and brutalist inspirations
By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated
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César’s palace: restoring Luis Barragán’s Casa Prieto-Lopez
By Maria Garcia Holley • Last updated
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Can good housing be accessible to all?
According to Mexican architect Fernanda Canales, low-income social housing should follow the same design principles as private residences, with only budget setting the two apart. She embraces the challenge and reaps the reward of creating homes with light, air and space for everyone
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 curator Lesley Lokko on decolonisation, decarbonisation and diversity
The Ghanaian-Scottish architect, who will curate the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, sets out to tackle global issues through her new school in Accra
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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This Mérida house is designed to be taken over by nature
Casa Akúun by Arkham Projects balances the heaviness of concrete with the richness of nature in an expansive plot in Mexico
By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated
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An architect’s home in Mexico City melds strong geometry with a warm interior
By Sara Sturges • Last updated
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Tequila’s reputational makeover is driven by design
Celebrate Margarita Day with these elegantly packaged tequila brands that look as good as they taste.
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Parque Vía House unites modern design and leafy surrounds in Mexico City
Parque Vía House by Soler Orozco Arquitectos (SOA) invites you into a verdant corner of Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Mexico City art hub JO-HS opens inside a modernist icon
New exhibition space and creative hub JO-HS opens inside a striking example of modernist Mexico City architecture by Carlos Herrera
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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This Mexican bakery is a haven for indulgent pastries and playful design
Costra is a newly redesigned Mexico City bakery that will satisfy your taste for sweet treats and lively design
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Mérida house’s low profile reveals high design ambition in Yucatán
This Mérida house – Casa Kem – by Gantous Arquitectos keeps a low profile within the Yucatán Country Club
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Bosco Sodi’s message of post-pandemic hope in New York City
The Mexican artist takes over Manhattan's Washington Square Park on Sunday 23 May, giving away 439 small clay spheres embedded with seeds to spread a message of hope
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Estudio MMX’s Geology Museum on the Yucatán Peninsula is a big hit
Estudio MMX’s new crater-inspired Geology Museum on the Yucatán Peninsula is sure to be a big hit
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Luteca revives the furniture designs of Mexican modernist Michael van Beuren
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Cuba rising: Los Carpinteros air political views in Mexico City
By Michael Slenske • Last updated
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Domus Peepem offers sustainable, minimalist Mexican housing in Cancún
Kiltro Polaris, Wewi Studio and JC Arquitectura collaborate on a new minimalist housing project in Cancún, Mexico
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Mexico City home draws on its city's rich midcentury modern legacy
Ventana House in Mexico City is the home and workspace of architect José Juan Rivera Rio of JJRR/Arquitectura
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Luis Barragán’s Mexico City home sets the scene for an intimate art exhibition
Curator Elena Filipovic has temporarily replaced the revered architect’s personal art collection with contemporary proxies that allude to the originals
By Ana Karina Zatarain • Last updated
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This Mexican home is designed like a viewing platform
Hill House by Manuel Cervantes Estudio is a low and minimalist Mexican home nestled into its leafy site
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Casa en El Torón clings to Mexico's Oaxaca coastline
Casa en El Torón by IUA Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos – Oaxacan home in Mexico's Pacific Coast – is a striking contemporary house, while remaining humbly respectful to its environment, using local traditions and materials, and sustainable architecture
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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