It was built in the 1970s, designed by the architect Juan Sordo Madaleno; since then, it has been a benchmark in the Polanco area, offering an upgrade gastronomic proposal and avant-garde hospitality in terms of art and design.
Project name
Lobby Bar Presidente Intercontinental Hotel
Architecture firm
Faci Leboreiro
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Faci Leboreiro
Design team
Faci Leboreiro Arquitectura, Carlos Faci, Marina Leboreiro
Interior design
Faci Leboreiro
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel Lobby, Bar
The B8 Social Housing Complex comprises 17 units located on the outskirts of Mexico City. The project initially faced some difficulties regarding lot size and government restrictions, such as the requirement for a parking lot per unit, among others.
Project name
B8 Housing Complex
Architecture firm
Eterea Studio
Principal architect
Ricardo Vainer
Design team
Arantza Chong, Ricardo Vainer
Construction
Sugeis Huar, Leonardo Valdez, Jesus Saldana, Jassiel Morales
Material
Concrete, Stucco
Typology
Residential › Social Housing
From 1920, ever since restaurants became a regular in its contents, the Michelin Guide has become an international reference for gastronomic quality and standards.
Photography
Michelin Guide
This is a housing project located in Colonia Condesa, Mexico City designed by the Módica Ledezma office. It arose from an impulse to seek opportunities within real estate development that would allow flexibility to promote the search for a new typology of housing that responded to the needs of the context.
Project name
Antonio Sola
Architecture firm
Módica Ledezma
Location
Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Hector Modica, Carlos Ledezma
Collaborators
Alejandra Angeles, Ariadna Barrientos, Emmanuel Ortiz, Rogelio Ledezma
Construction
Modica Ledezma
Typology
Residential › House
PILARES is an initiative for the creation of community spaces driven by the government of Mexico City. The main objective is to provide free educational and cultural infrastructure to marginalized areas, aiming to restore the social and urban fabric at a neighborhood level.
Project name
Pilares Quetzalcóatl
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Sandra Pereznieto
Principal architect
Saidee Springall, José Castillo
Collaborators
Iván Cervantes, Facundo Savid, Gerardo Hernández, Valerio López
Structural engineer
Oscar Trejo
Environmental & MEP
Gilberto Jocirin
Landscape
Janisse Cruz, Anahí Toriz
Typology
Community Center
Casa Fortuna is a residential project that has been formulated based on the foundations of a traditional 16th-century building located in the historic center of the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, by the multidisciplinary RootStudio workshop.
Project name
Casa Fortuna
Architecture firm
RootStudio
Location
Oaxaca City, Mexico
Principal architect
Joao Boto Caeiro
Interior design
RootStudio
Civil engineer
Nicolas Coello
Structural engineer
Nicolas Coello
Tools used
Hand Made Drawings
Material
Adobe, Ceramic Tiles, Lime, Wood, Stone (Cantera Verde From Oaxaca), Steel, Bricks
Client
Alma Veronica Mendez Garcia
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Hidalgo is a modern single volume building built on a 123 m² lot in the Historic Center of Oaxaca, Mexico, by the multidisciplinary architecture practice RootStudio. Starting with the remains of an 16th- century building that occupied the site, the studio led by João Boto Cæiro went about recycling and restoring what was left to develop a con...
Project name
Casa Hidalgo
Architecture firm
RootStudio
Location
Oaxaca City, Mexico
Principal architect
Joao Boto Caeiro
Interior design
RootStudio
Civil engineer
Nicolas Coello
Structural engineer
Nicolas Coello
Tools used
Hand Made Drawings
Material
Adobe, Ceramic Tiles, Lime, Wood, Stone (Cantera Verde From Oaxaca), Steel, Bricks, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
In an area of 432 m². The idea was to create movement and visual complement from shapes and finishes, taking advantage of the space, making the areas that require collaboration be in a nucleus. The palette of finishes includes: epoxy floor of different colors, Mangata ash porcelain and Creta gray cement, gray scale vinyl paints and plastic laminate...
Project name
Lloyds-Noveltia
Architecture firm
WTF Arquitectos
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Arely Medina Q Photo
Principal architect
Sinuhé Vera, Adrián Herrera
Collaborators
Furniture: Interno Crafts, Inspira JB; Mats: Shaw Contract; Branding and signage: Cobalto Estudio
Interior design
WTF Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Office Building › Interior Design
