Arijua, which opened shop this year as an architecture and interior design firm, transformed a slender Santiago residence into a sleek retreat for relaxing weekends. MID House has smooth, rounded niches in the adobe style. Partners María González, Alejandro Leal, and Gabriel Fregoso exercised subtlety here. The walls have natural finishes and the dining room…
We first came to Mérida in 2004, our second trip to Yucatán, the first having been devoted to Chichén Itzá, Tulum, Puerto Ventura, and Isla Mujeres. This second trip was a circumnavigation of the Peninsula and began in Mérida, which we used as a base for exploration of Uxmal and other archaeological sites to the…
Marilyn Rogers, who passed away in August, was someone who loved cooking and catering. She could be found hosting friends or sharing her cooking with neighbors (she didn’t speak much Spanish, but food is an international language). This idea was the foundation of the kitchen she built before the native New Yorker lost her battle…
The starting point at Casa Desnuda, or Naked House in English, is a bare rectangular block. There are lots of them, exposed throughout the private home of architects Victor Cruz and Atahualpa Hernández Salazar of Taller Estilo. Big decisions were made based on the proportion of that 20-by-40-centimeter block. But first things first. From the…
García Ginerés is one of Mérida’s oldest neighborhoods outside the downtown core. For the past couple of decades, Mérida’s younger generations have dismissed it as antiquated and boring, but I find that this perception is starting to change. During the late 19th century, the area that would become García Ginerés was covered in henequen plantations,…
Few things are as enjoyable as a terrace overlooking the sea. But when it comes to maintaining that view year-round, there’s a lot to take into consideration if you want to keep your slice of paradise in the best possible condition. Architects around Yucatán are fluent in beach development. They know the best seasons, materials,…
Get away from it all just two blocks from Mérida’s main square. But you need a real casona — a grand home in the city — to do it. Casona 66 is close to everything in Centro Histórico, Mérida’s ground zero for the city’s most grand and historic homes. This casona was built in the…
The area today known as Fraccionamiento Campestre has its origins in the 1940s but really saw development begin in earnest in the 1950s.
Both Benjamín and Ross, originally from Mexico City and Pennsylvania, respectively, are great art lovers, a fact that is immediately evident when entering their foyer.
Recent reports published in several leading local and national publications argue that Mexico’s housing market is no bubble.
A rare, artisanal retreat beckons on a quiet street in Mérida.
Architects started work on Casa Encanto before the property is even purchased.
Photos of Trina Lawry’s gardens on Facebook got our attention last summer. It was the flowering hedge, cultivated for privacy from the street, that had us hooked.
This morning in Josefina Larraín Lagos’ own home, which she designed with architect husband Salvador Reyes, serenity would be a struggle for most people. Men on ropes are rappelling from a tall mango tree, tasked with cutting back its branches. Limbs are falling left and right. The younger of her two sons is busy in…
For eight years now, CENTRO Architects have been working to address maintenance issues large and small in Mérida’s Centro.
Cats replaced people as my friends soon after quarantine 2020 began. Watching the street took on a new fascination after lockdown. The utility roof was meant for ventilator and air conditioning equipment, not for cocktails, but it afforded us a view of the street. So we got into the habit of dragging out a couple…
I thought I knew a lot about dogs until I took in two rescues. I was wrong. Rescuing a dog off the street, one that’s never been in a home or felt a tender hand, is a completely different story. Four years ago, I found a terrified puppy on the sidewalk, cringing every time a…
Architect Carlos de la Barrera is well known in Mérida for projects that blur the line between interior and exterior and challenge established ways of doing things locally.
When Ric Kokotovich and Alison Wattie expanded their Mérida home by buying the lot next door, they took an opportunity to upgrade their workspaces. And upgrade they did. Their original home is now a guest house. Casa El Tamarindo, the home they built, is all new. It’s dramatic, airy and bold — and immediately suggests…
Long before social distancing became a thing, Marc Olson took the concept to a new level. He began building a home deep in the middle of nowhere. It is a beautiful nowhere, in an undisclosed location somewhere on the Yucatán Peninsula, far from neighbors, roads, and all the comforts provided by the electric and water…
Yucatán at Home’s first issue came out over the summer when throwing parties just wasn’t allowed.
Trading Los Angeles for a new life in Yucatán would never be easy. But the payoff has been huge for Monica Petrus, an artist who has become “Monica de Hocabá,” and a bit of a celebrity. Her house in Hocabá is her co-star. On the massive walls of its front rooms, Petrus daringly restored its…
As Christmas approaches, so does the opportunity of finding your ideal indoor greenery. When it comes to trees, most people tend to divide into two teams: artificial or living.
Organic food production is a somewhat newer trend in agricultural ventures, as it promotes a friendlier environmental process, and is overall said to be healthier for consumers.
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