Modern Conkal Home Blends Colonial Heritage With Sustainable Design
A residence built by Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos is turning heads for its reimagining of Yucatán’s architectural heritage through a contemporary lens.
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Guided tours of Mexico for this fall and winter
We are pleased to announce three upcoming tours guided by Carlos Rosado van der Gracht for the fall/winter season. The experiences range from excursions to uncover Mérida’s ancient past to day trips to the most underrated sites in Yucatán; as well as an adventure to Mexico City where we will dive into some of the…
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A community center in Mérida is up for a prestigious prize
A government-built community center in Mérida has been nominated for a prestigious architecture award. In the Juan Pablo II neighborhood, just a few steps from the Xoclán Cemetery, the El Papa Community Development Center is up for the 2023 Noldi Schreck Prize. El Premio Noldi Schreck Award promotes Mexico’s best architecture and interior design. The…
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Progreso’s famous Casa del Pastel transforms into a new restaurant
After being practically abandoned for over a decade, Progreso’s famous Casa del Pastel has now become the port city’s newest restaurant. The three-story art deco casona — dubbed the Wedding Cake House — has been a landmark in Progreso since it was built in the 1940s. The grand old house gets its name from the fact that…
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Suburban sprawl approaches Progreso’s beautiful Hacienda San Ignacio
Hacienda San Ignacio dates to the 19th century during the days of Yucatán’s grand henequen boom. One of the hacienda’s most distinct features is its enormous neo-Gothic-inspired chapel dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order. According to legend, the chapel is protected by Saint Ignacio himself, who is said to…
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Mayan ruins among the stunning renaissance architecture of Hacienda Yaxcopoil
The history of Hacienda Yaxcopoil stretches back to the 17th century. but Yaxcopoil’s history stretches much farther back than that — to the time of the ancient Maya.
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García Ginerés, a classic neighborhood with a dash of international flavor
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,…
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El Campestre, from countryside retreat to a thriving neighborhood in Mérida’s north
The area today known as Fraccionamiento Campestre has its origins in the 1940s but really saw development begin in earnest in the 1950s.
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CENTRO Architects’ Fernando Abreu on how to keep a dream home truly dreamlike
For eight years now, CENTRO Architects have been working to address maintenance issues large and small in Mérida’s Centro.
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El Pinar: Colonial pink mystery on Calle 60
After being seemingly abandoned for some time, its 2020 for-sale announcement reawakened curiosity for the building.
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Uayma Church is an Architectural Gem in Yucatán’s East
Uayma is well known for its beautifully adorned 17th-century church and is not frequented by many tourists.
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Casa Mango — Award-winning rental home in the heart of Mérida
Located in Mérida’s Centro, Casa Mango is a modern, minimalist, and artsy home in the heart of the city, and a Yucatecan getaway for its many guests.
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Villa Arrebol: Home for a Mexico City family in love with the outskirts of Mérida
In the upper corner of the city, a retirement home for a Mexico City family is in its final stages.
The owners came looking for serenity and comfort — a home that felt just as if they were on vacation. -
Elán Project: Young creatives take on Yucatecan design
Andrea and Ana Cristina met during college and have recently joined forces in Elán- their Architecture and furniture design studio.
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Arkilätt: Enlightened architecture in Mérida
For a year and a half, Arkilätt has been designing, remodeling, and building in Mérida, Yucatán. Their emphasis is in restoration, and lighting design.
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La Casa en el Árbol — A playground for grown-ups
“La Casa en el Árbol”– House in a tree, sits at the heart of Yaxkukul, a municipality in the interior of Yucatán. It is a retreat house for the owner, whose family lived for many years on those very grounds. The project draws inspiration from a “solar”, a traditional country Mayan house.
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Cobalto es Azul: Documenting Mérida’s unique architecture
Cobalto es Azul is a Social Media project headed by Pedro Castro, a young architect focused on documenting Mérida’s unique architecture.
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Merida ‘Lake House’ has sharp angles, rare view
Casa del Lago, a detached house in a real estate development in Merida, was recently featured in a prominent architecture site.
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Palacio de la Música wins national award for architecture
Reyes Ríos + Larrain Arquitectos set a precedent for urban projects, Obras editor writes.
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Red-tinted chukum brings contrasts to white, modern home in Merida
[metaslider id=”45921″] Merida, Mexico — A sleek residence by Garrido Lizarraga Arquitectos contrasts clean white with red-hued chukum stucco in a single-story open plan. All that breaks up the layout at Casa O + I is a long cylinder that divides the 1,776-square-foot’s common spaces and its two bedrooms. The red stucco bathroom is wrapped…
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Merida earns 2 spots on top-10 list of Mexican architecture
Two examples of great architecture in Merida have made Dezeen’s Top 10 Mexican projects list for 2018.
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Local architect wins international award for multifamily home in Mérida’s north
Mérida architect Arturo Carillo Ponce took home an international award for a multi-family project built on a triangular lot in the city’s north.
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Modern Music Palace is a showcase for its historic neighbors in Mérida’s centro
Allowing never-before-seen views of some of the Centro’s most revered historic treasures, the Music Palace is unabashedly modern.
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Architecture firm’s bold new headquarters offsets greenery with pink
Mérida architecture firm TACO has designed the Portico Palmeto studio to act as its headquarters, with pink walls and tall shutters that open up to its tropical setting.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now