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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The new design-led hotels that should be on your radarExplore the best new openings, from a Miami Beach icon reborn to a culture-centric luxury refuge in Venice
By Lindsay Cohn Last updated
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This contemporary egg basket is an elegant take on a classicFrom contemporary egg baskets to tilting candleholders, the Mexican brand’s sculptural new collection is designed to bring moments of joy to the mundane
By Tianna Williams Published
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OMA’s Mushroom Pavilion in Mexico is designed for cultivation and communityCasa Wabi Foundation unveils an ellipsoidal structure designed by OMA to embrace both fungi and humans – and help them grow
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A new Luis Barragán retrospective is set within his own modernist masterpieceThe permanent exhibition, ‘Barragán en Barragán’ at La Cuadra San Cristobal in Mexico City, lets visitors enjoy the modernist master’s legacy within the heart of his own creation
By Tianna Williams Published
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A Mexican airline brings craft to the cabin table with new in-flight dinnerwareMore than 15 new pieces reinterpret Mexican material culture through porcelain and glass, engineered for lighter, space-saving in-flight service
By Clare Dowdy Published
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Discover Corncretl, architecture’s bio-based concrete alternative made of cornCorncretl is made using corn and 3D printing and was developed by Mexican architecture studio Manufactura; take a look at its research prototype
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Five emerging Mexican designers to know from Mexico City Art Week 2026Merging the contemporary design canon with heritage, local vernacular and cultural symbols, these exciting designers are experimenting with furniture, lighting design and textiles
By Francesca Perry Published
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'Mexico Modern' has us longing to travel to the country's rich architectural landscapes'Mexico Modern: Architecture and Interiors', a new book by Rizzoli surveying the rise of inspirational architecture in the country, is a feast of visuals and information to treasure
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Lee Broom's immersive lighting illuminates a grand Mexican villaFor Mexico City Art Week, Lee Broom unveils ‘The Resident’, an installation of more than 50 lighting works (on view until 10 April 2026)
By Francesca Perry Published
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This Mexican retreat brings sand-coloured brick curves into a dense pine forestCrafted in tactile, local brick, Casa Jajalpa by Lanza atelier embraces its forest setting; we revisit the story from the Wallpaper* archives as it’s announced that the architects will design the Serpentine Pavilion 2026
By Ana Karina Zatarain Published
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A contemporary Mexican hotel emerges from a 16th-century ruin in MéridaA renovation project by Zeller & Moye, Mérida’s new Hotel Sevilla wears its architectural interventions lightly, mixing new brutalist elements into listed interiors and a palm-filled courtyard
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Aidia Studio's mesmerising forms blend biophilia and local craftMexican architecture practice Aidia Studio's co-founders, Rolando Rodríguez-Leal and Natalia Wrzask, bring together imaginative ways of building and biophilic references
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The most anticipated hotel openings of 2026From landmark restorations to remote retreats, these are the hotel debuts shaping the year ahead
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published
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Mexico's Palma stays curious - from sleepy Sayulita to bustling Mexico CityPalma's projects grow from a dialogue sparked by the shared curiosity of its founders, Ilse Cárdenas, Regina de Hoyos and Diego Escamilla
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Five travel destinations to have on your radar in 2026The cultural heavyweights worth building an itinerary around as culture and creativity come together in powerful new ways
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Discover Locus and its ‘eco-localism' - an alternative way of thinking about architectureLocus, an architecture firm in Mexico City, has a portfolio of projects which share an attitude rather than an obvious visual language
By Michael Snyder Published
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Deep dive into Carlos H Matos' boundary-pushing architecture practice in MexicoMexican architect Carlos H Matos' designs balance the organic and geometric, figurative and abstract, primitive and futuristic
By Michael Snyder Published
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For Rodríguez + De Mitri, a budding Cuernavaca architecture practice, design is 'conversation’Rodríguez + De Mitri stands for architecture that should be measured, intentional and attentive – allowing both the environment and its inhabitants to breathe
By Ana Karina Zatarain Published
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Form... and flavour? The best design-led restaurant debuts of 2025A 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 craftGuadalajara 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 processThe 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 yearA 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 emotionRA! 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 refugeCasa 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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This Mexico City café embraces brutalism’s warmer sideStay 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 ravinesOn 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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Mexican landscape architect Mario Schjetnan's Grupo de Diseño wins 2025 Oberlander PrizeThe 2025 Oberlander Prize goes to Mexican landscape architect Mario Schjetnan and his studio, Grupo de Diseño, highlighting the creative's motto: 'We have a human right to open space'
By Ellie Stathaki Published


