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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Get a flavour of modernist Mexico City at this new showroom
Virtually tour VIDIVIXI’s new Mexico City showroom, and explore locally-made designs
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Minimalist twin retreats in Mexico showcase architects’ sense of place
Joining the Wallpaper* Architects' Directory 2021, Mexican studio Palma balances minimalist, contemporary architecture with a strong sense of place through its residential work. Here, we visit its twin house project, Jilotepec
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Mexican home is perfectly adapted to an outdoor lifestyle
A family home in Tepejí del Río, designed by architect Romero de la Mora, is anchored in the landscape, pleasant climate and indoor/outdoor lifestyle of central Mexico
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Luis Barragán’s El Pedregal inspires contemporary home
Agua 210, a powerful residential design by Mexican architecture studio HEMAA, draws on its modernist context and the work of the country’s master architect Luis Barragán
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Pink concrete skatepark is a striking urban landmark in the Chihuahuan Desert
A team of architects, landscape designers, sociologists and urban planners came together to create La Duna, a fine example of skatepark architecture on the northern border of Mexico
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Gabriela Carrillo’s plans to shake the system
Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo – tipped by compatriot Frida Escobedo as one of 25 creative leaders of the future for Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue – plots to change the system
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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 Published
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Kakurega Omakase wins Best Hideaway: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
This Japanese restaurant in the Mexican jungle near Puerto Escondido, is designed by architect Alberto Kalach based on a concept by Bosco Sodi and Luis Urrutia
By TF Chan Published
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Bosco Sodi creates limited-edition cover for Wallpaper’s December 2020 issue
For our December 2020 issue, artist Bosco Sodi explored notions of perfection by contrasting his clay sculptures with the concrete forms of his Casa Wabi art foundation
By TF Chan Published
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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 Published
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Bosco Sodi unveils colossal ‘city of cubes’ on the Oaxacan coast
A monumental land art installation takes shape in a largely uninhabited area of the artist’s native Mexico
By Jessica Klingelfuss Published
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The abstract artist taking on Luis Barragán’s famed modernist estate
By Benoit Loiseau Published