The Center for Culture and the Arts of La Ribera by ATELIER ARS in Ajijic, Jalisco, transforms an existing auditorium into a cultural center through clay, brick vaults, a library, workshops, a reflecting pool, and a sensitive dialogue with Lake Chapala.

Casa Kancab by KAMA Taller de Arquitectura in downtown Mérida transforms a Yucatecan colonial house through preservation, chukum, red earth tones, a circular skylight, organic textures, a patio with pool, and a contemporary sequence that reconciles past and present.

Casa Tamarindo by Studio Moca + Gadex in Mérida transforms a 4.5-meter-wide historic house into a spacious sequence of patios, gardens, chukum, stone, wood, restored beams, and a sunken living room that brings light, ventilation, and memory into a narrow lot.

The Chapultepec Environmental Culture Center by ERRE q ERRE and Taller ID in Mexico City creates a cultural, landscape, and environmental node through biocultural paths, ethnobotanical gardens, an environmental pavilion, and an agroecological zone.

Macuili House by Talhia Ximena Peña Romero in Quimixtlán, Puebla, is a retirement house rooted in a tropical coffee-growing landscape, using local materials, controlled light, defined spaces, and a sensitive relationship with nature, memory, and aging.

Casa Tejocote by GOMA Taller de Arquitectura in Querétaro transforms a regulatory restriction into an inhabitable wall. Through pigmented concrete, patios, skylights, and precise openings, the house protects privacy while opening carefully to the semi-desert landscape.

Colonia Héctor Caballero Library by Proyecto Reacciona in Santiago, Nuevo León, shows how community participation, low-cost materials, color, and social architecture can transform a deteriorated public library into a safe and playful space for children. Es así como desde el año 2017 han logrado rehabilitar varios parques, escuelas y bibliotecas públicas ubicadas en diferentes zonas de bajos recursos de Nuevo León, MX, su sede y área de trabajo.

Villa Desierto Complex by Formatelier Arquitectos in Playa Cerritos, Baja California Sur, creates a dialogue between desert and ocean through rammed earth, exposed concrete, wood, vertical screens, and a rooftop terrace open to the Pacific horizon.

Explore 15 translated quotes by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao that question who architecture is really for, inviting designers to rethink responsibility, sustainability, collaboration, memory, technology, and the human purpose of design.

Casa Roja by Ángel García Estudio transforms an urban site in Huatulco into a private coastal refuge. Without ocean views, the house builds its own landscape through red pigmented concrete, patios, vegetation, shade, and a layered domestic layout.

Portal 62 by Veinte Diezz Arquitectos + MORO Taller de Arquitectura transforms a compact house in Mérida into an architectural discovery, where rammed-earth walls, a hidden cave, and a subterranean tub turn 68.20 m² into a layered spatial experience.Lo que inicialmente pudo haber sido una intervención convencional terminó convirtiéndose en una pequeña arquitectura de descubrimiento.

In the heart of the forest, perched atop a 40-meter ravine in one of Mexico City's most exclusive neighborhoods, stands a structure that seems to defy architectural logic. It's not exactly a house or a conventional studio, but rather a blend of habitable sculpture, futuristic capsule, and brutalist temple. This is Casa Praxis, the workshop and home of legendary Mexican architect Agustín Hernández, built in 1975 as a synthesis of form, function, and sculptural power.

Amidst the urban dynamism of León, Guanajuato, a house emerges that chooses tranquility over noise, shade over excess, and contemplation over immediacy. Gálvez House, designed by Estudio Villagálvez under the direction of Christian Mauricio Villanueva Gálvez, stands as an architectural response to a saturated context, where the green landscape—scarce yet essential—becomes the starting point for a profoundly human spatial narrative.

Casa Lorena was part of an early 20th-century mansion. Over time, and due to urban development, the land was subdivided until it was reduced to a quarter of its original size. What was once colonial spaciousness was now a narrow, deep plot, squeezed between party walls. The architects at Workshop, Diseño y Construcción decided not to erase, but to reveal. Not to deny history, but to reinterpret it.

The intervention at the National Film Archive was not merely a programmatic expansion: it was a commitment to restoring cinema to its status as a public space. Rojkind Arquitectos took a significant but fragmented cultural institution and transformed it into an integrated cultural campus: theaters, an archive, outdoor spaces, a culinary offering, and a covered plaza that serves as a social hub. The idea was clear from the outset: to make the building inviting visitors to ling

In the vibrant heart of Mexico City, amidst the urban sprawl and the serene echo of the Alameda Central park, stands a building that transcends the definition of a museum. But can a physical space truly transform our vision of the world and the past? The Museum of Memory and Tolerance (MYT) does not merely exhibit objects or narrate events; it was conceived as a bridge between the horrors of history and the promise of a more just future.

In the center of Jojutla, one of the communities hardest hit by the September 2017 earthquakes, structures now stand that offer not only shade, but dignity. These are the central arches of the Jojutla Gardens, a project born not from the urgency of rebuilding, but from the need to heal. Because when a city is broken, the hardest part is not rebuilding its buildings, but recovering the soul of its people.

Designed by Baja Estudio, located in the heart of Guadalajara, Mexico. This project stands as a masterful example of how contemporary architecture can intertwine with the historical and cultural context of its surroundings. Not only does this project respond to the functional needs of its inhabitants, but it also honors the architectural heritage of the city, creating a space that flows between the past and the present.

Casa Tulum 21's relationship with the natural environment is based on its very integration with the site. This is a common element we see in the ecological setting of Yucatán, an architecture characterized by its connection to vegetation, sustainability, and a minimalist style

In this analysis we will explain the challenges of housing in Mexico and the proposed reforms for 2025.