Mexico
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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Form... and flavour? The best design-led restaurant debuts of 2025
A Wallpaper* edit of the restaurant interiors that shaped how we ate, gathered and lingered this year
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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These Guadalajara architects mix modernism with traditional local materials and craft
Guadalajara architects Laura Barba and Luis Aurelio of Barbapiña Arquitectos design drawing on the past to imagine the future
By Ana Karina Zatarain Published
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This Mexican architecture studio has a surprising creative process
The architects at young practice Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados (PPAA) often begin each design by writing out their intentions, ideas and the emotions they want the architecture to evoke
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Wallpaper* team’s travel highlights of the year
A year of travel distilled. Discover the destinations that inspired our editors on and off assignment
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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The architecture of Mexico's RA! draws on cinematic qualities and emotion
RA! was founded by Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar and Santiago Sierra, as a multifaceted architecture practice in Mexico City, mixing a cross-disciplinary approach and a constant exchange of ideas
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A cubist house rises in Mexico City, its concrete volumes providing a bold urban refuge
Casa Ailes, a cubist house by Jaime Guzmán Creative Group, is rich in architectural expression that mimics the dramatic and inviting nature of a museum
By Tianna Williams Published
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The best new hotels to love without reservation
Explore the best new openings in the world, from a ‘Japandi’ spa hotel in Finland to a modernist-inspired bolthole in South Africa
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Last updated
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This Mexico City café embraces brutalism’s warmer side
Stay for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Formant Studio-designed Marne Café, where an interior of raw finishes and tactile materials invites you to linger
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Serenity radiates through this Mexican home, set between two ravines
On the cusp of a lakeside town, Mexican home Casa el Espino is a single-storey residence by Soler Orozco Arquitectos (SOA)
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
This September, Wallpaper highlighted a striking mix of architecture – from iconic modernist homes newly up for sale to the dramatic transformation of a crumbling Scottish cottage. These are the projects that caught our eye
By Anna Solomon Published
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Another week, another sweep of culture in the capital and beyond for the Wallpaper* team. This time: hidden book fairs, standout theatre, and a taste of the Mediterranean – from a Spanish showcase to seafood in the Portuguese archipelago
By Anna Solomon Published
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A Mexican clifftop retreat offers both drama, and a sense of place
Casa Piscina del cielo, a clifftop retreat by Zozaya Arquitectos, creates the perfect blend of drama and cosiness on Mexico's Pacific Coast
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Broken up into six pavilions, this brutalist Mexican house is embedded in the landscape
Sordo Madaleno’s brutalist Mexican house, Rancho del Bosque, is divided up into a series of pavilions to preserve the character of its hillside site, combining concrete, curves and far-reaching views
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
Wallpaper* has spotlighted an array of remarkable architecture in the past month – from a pink desert home to structures that appears to float above the ground. These are the houses and buildings that most captured our attention in August 2025
By Anna Solomon Published
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Estudio Ome on how the goal of its landscapes ‘is to provoke, even through a subtle detail, an experience’
The Mexico City-based practice explores landscape architecture in Mexico, France and beyond, seeking to unite ‘art and ecology’
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Pretty in cactus-inspired pink, this Mexican desert house responds to its arid context
Casa Cardona, a pink house by architects Sensacional Dinamica Mexicana, is a multigenerational home that celebrates colour and changing light
By Tianna Williams Published
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This spa in the Riviera Maya stays open until midnight. Here’s what happens after dark
Rosewood Mayakoba’s Akbal Series proposes a new kind of night out
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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At Rubra, thrilling tropical cuisine comes courtesy of the youngest World’s Best Female Chef
At chef Daniela Soto-Innes’ exceptional restaurant in Mexico’s Punta de Mita, the cooking is as ambitious as the view
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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An eco-friendly Mexican ranch offers sleep under a beautifully crafted brick vault
Architects Goma have built a Mexican ranch with a stunning red-brick guest pavilion; Rancho El Ameyal is a lush eco-retreat in the central Mexican state of Querétaro
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Summer holidays are here, with Wallpaper* editors jetting off to some exceptional destinations, including highly recommended Mérida in Mexico. Then it’s back to work, or, for one editor, back to school…
By Anna Solomon Published
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Head to Puerto Escondido, a hot spot of eco-friendly hotels for the architecturally adventurous
As a bucolic cluster of beach towns evolves on Mexico’s Oaxacan coast, there’s hope that Puerto Escondido can prove a guiding light in responsible tourism; Eric Millman went to find out more
By Eric Millman Published
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In Quintana Roo, a park mesmerises with its geometric pavilion
A Mexican events venue in the state of Quintana Roo rings the changes with a year-round pavilion that fosters a strong connection between its users and nature
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Casa La Paz is a private retreat in Baja California full of texture and theatrics
Ludwig Godefroy designed Casa La Paz in Baja California, Mexico to create deep connections between the home and its surroundings
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Pedro y Juana's take on architecture: 'We want to level the playing field’
Mexico City-based architects Pedro y Juana bring their transdisciplinary, participatory approach to the Mexico pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025; find out more
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Tour the wonderful homes of ‘Casa Mexicana’, an ode to residential architecture in Mexico
‘Casa Mexicana’ is a new book celebrating the country’s residential architecture, highlighting its influence across the world
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A barrel vault rooftop adds drama to these homes in Mexico City
Explore Mariano Azuela 194, a housing project by Bloqe Arquitetura, which celebrates Mexico City's Santa Maria la Ribera neighbourhood
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Explore a minimalist, non-religious ceremony space in the Baja California Desert
Spiritual Enclosure, a minimalist, non-religious ceremony space designed by Ruben Valdez in Mexico's Baja California Desert, offers flexibility and calm
By Ellie Stathaki Published


