Habita Hotel / TEN Arquitectos

Feb 2009

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , Selected , Glass, Mexico, Ten Arquitectos, Terrace

Mexican architects BGP Arquitectura designed this stylish hotel in Mexico City. The glass skin acts as a buffer to the busy outside, while converting into a lamp during night. Cool pool on the roof top.

Location: Lamartine 201, Colonia Polanco, México City, Mexico
Architects: TEN Arquitectos – Enrique Norten, Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta
Team: Aarón Hernández, Sergio Nuñez, Francisco Pardo, Julio Amezcua, Hugo Sánchez, Claudia Marquina, Carlos López, Martine Paquin, Adriana Díaz, Rubén Garnica, Miguel Ríos
Area: 2,500 m2
Design: 1996-1998
Construction: 1998-2000
Photography: Luis Gordoa, Undine Pröhl, Jean Luc Laloux

More images after the break.

12 comments »

thiago says:

The Habita Hotel is from mr. Enrique Norten and his TEN Arquitectos right?

# February 24, 2009 at 23:50

ART.TREND says:

RIGHT IS FROM TEN ARQUITECTOS , IS NOT FROM BGP….

# February 25, 2009 at 00:20

ibravo says:

yep , Enrique Norten

http://www.ten-arquitectos.com/

# February 25, 2009 at 00:42

jesus says:

but it was designed for bernardo gomez almost totally when he was associated with norten. i think Bernardo is the creative man behind all norten`s projects.

# February 25, 2009 at 02:01

3drenderer says:

Those are really extraordinary renderings. Can’t have been cheap :)

# February 25, 2009 at 03:47

Ceno says:

Render?! which one? Those are real picture

# February 25, 2009 at 09:15

german says:

the hotel is real no renderings, and yes Bernardo Gomez Pimienta is the creative mind behind TEN, hes gone solo and done some interesting stuff, but his time with Enrique was very good for modern Mexican architecture, now Enrique has been wining commissions in the US like crazy, definitely hotel habita is one of my favorites.

# February 25, 2009 at 10:35

Paul ALLEN says:

Hey Jesus, why do you think culture in general is so obsess with authorship. I mean, Does it really matter who is the creative man behind a project that took tens of people to achieve? Does that makes you gain more konwledge about architecture, about that building? I’m just saying…

# February 25, 2009 at 11:11

hey paul,coz people is wrong saying the Habita it´s an enrique norten desing, just that….no more, an another topic, if you have a child, obviously, are you proud of him? or not?

# February 25, 2009 at 19:01

It depends. Is the child cute or smart?

# February 26, 2009 at 11:34

jeanpitru says: