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Casa Cielo / NV/design architecture

Susanna Moreira — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

In 2021, ArchDaily (Mexico) published a residence designed and built for themselves by architects, Brenda Nelson & Tom van den Bout of NV/design.architecture, when they relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Oaxaca, Mexico. Tom's parents soon elected to build a house across the street, Casa Cielo. The house was completed in 2025.

OMA / Shohei Shigematsu Designs Ellipsoidal Pavilion for Mushroom Cultivation at Casa Wabi in Oaxaca, Mexico

Antonia Piñeiro — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

A domed, ellipsoidal pavilion for mushroom production designed by OMA for Fundación Casa Wabi opened on March 4, 2026. The building is located within Casa Wabi's 25-hectare site in Oaxaca, Mexico, on the Pacific coast, about 30 minutes from the city of Puerto Escondido. Casa Wabi is a foundation created by artist Bosco Sodi that promotes the exchange of ideas between artists of various disciplines and local communities. The foundation's flagship building was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and completed in 2014. The OMA-designed pavilion adds a new space for cultivating mushrooms and fostering exchange between food, art, nature, and local communities to the foundation's facilities, which include a multipurpose palapa, six bedrooms, two enclosed studios, six open studios, a screening room and auditorium, a 450-m² exhibition hall, and various workspaces.

Contemporary Architecture Guide of Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Mónica Arellano — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Although there is no exact record of the specific moment in which Puerto Escondido began to become a reference of contemporary Mexican architecture, various waves have been experienced. Perhaps the first one started in 2016 when the construction of Casa Wabi began, a Tadao Ando project where the Mexican office BAAQ´ collaborated as associates to develop the executive project and coordinate its construction. However, in 2019 another wave was experienced that was later reinforced by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work, which radically aroused interest in returning to the provinces and costs where there was less population and overcrowding.

Casa del Sapo / Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0000

Two years two months and two days, the writer Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin which he built himself in Walden Pond, Massachusetts, his childhood town. In just about a space of 3 m x 4.5 meters lakeside, he developed himself as an individual isolated from society looking for inspiration of the natural and its origins. His time at the cabin, let him valued what it’s really necessary and the respect of life itself which leads him to renovate himself as a human and fight on social subjects at the end of his life. This means it's funny how the toad is different when it enters than when it leaves the pond.

Pensamientos Residential Complex / Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Agustina Coulleri — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Pensamientos Residencial is a set of 4 homes located in Colonia Reforma, 5 minutes from Downtown Oaxaca. The cost of land has increased considerably and gentrification means that more and more locals live on the outskirts. The project is located on a property with many qualities, including its location, where there is the opportunity to carry out a project that densifies the area and shows an opportunity of what can be achieved through design and commercial strategies since A real estate agent commissions the project with the same vision.

Rojkind Arquitectos + Luce Present the “Flia” Project on the Coast of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca

ArchDaily Team — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Rojkind Arquitectos presents a new project located on a 2,772 m2 plot of land 90 metres from the beach in Barra Colotepec, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. It is a family business dedicated to eco-tourism that is described as "with solid eco-sustainable principles, integrating Oaxacan craftsmanship with modern building technologies." Titled "Flia" (an informal way used in Argentina to abbreviate "family") the project stands as a permeable element divided into 6 habitable cores, allowing ventilation, lighting and views to pass through its interior courtyards.

Moza’be Restaurant / Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Clara Ott — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

A few minutes from downtown Oaxaca, an old painting factory is transformed into a restaurant that seeks to be a benchmark of the gastronomy of the place. The project is the intervention to a preexistence through an architectural acupuncture that maintains certain elements and potentiates the structure to create new spaces.

Cuatas House / Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Agustina Coulleri — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000

On the outskirts of the City of Oaxaca, Cuatas emerges as a new housing proposal on a 65 m2 property, which leads us to generate overhead lighting through perforations as if it were a sculpture, the result is hermeticism towards the street, ventilation and natural lighting for the home.

Nuestro Sueño House / Espacio 18 Arquitectura

Agustina Coulleri — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

A retired American couple dropped everything to fulfill their long life dream of living in Oaxaca, a city they fell in love with and chose to be their ultimate destination.

Sforza House / Taller de Arquitectura X / Alberto Kalach

Mónica Arellano — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Text by Mónica Arellano. Located in front of the Pacific Coast and immersed in the landscape of La Barra de Colotepec, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and designed by the Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, Sforza House develops from the idea of being aware of the environment, the contemplation and respect for the environment that is described as a “(…) place on the Oaxacan coast –where the delta of the Colotepec river converges with the sea– the sabines, the mangroves, the tulles and the oaks embrace this exuberant refuge to privilege a reunion with the essential and natural beauty without artifice. "

Guadalupe House / ET.co

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:00:00 +0000

The house is located in the outskirts of the city of Oaxaca, a developing context, in the middle of changes in land use, where barely more than half are buildings; a combination between houses and large storage units.

Kenzo Tange Gymnasium and 7 Other Threatened Sites Receive $1M in Preservation Funding

Jack McManus — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Eight sites from the World Monuments Fund’s 2018 World Monuments Watch list have been awarded $1 million in funding from American Express to support much-needed preservation and restoration initiatives. The sites were selected based on their vulnerability to specific threats like natural disasters, climate change or social forces like urbanization that have left them neglected.

Orchid Educational Pavilion / FGP Atelier

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The Orchid Educational Pavilion is located in the Ethnobotanical Gardens in Oaxaca, Mexico within the walls of the Church and former Monastery Santo Domingo de Guzman (1572-1666). It sits within one of the most biologically diverse ecologies in the world and as part of an ensemble of cultural experiences. Mexican Artists Francisco Toledo and Luis Zárate and the Anthropologist and Biologist, Alejandro de Avila began creating the cultural ensemble that would become the Botanical Gardens of Santo Domingo in the summer of 1994. They hoped to crown their achievement with a pavilion for growing diverse species, conducting experiments, and teaching the community.

San Pablo Academic and Cultural Center / Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:00:00 +0000

Restoration of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Soriano entitled "San Pablo". Located just one block from the main square of the city of Oaxaca, between Independencia and Hidalgo streets, it is a collection of houses / buildings forming part of the first Dominican convent in the city.

Mezcal Bar / EZEQUIELFARCA arquitectura y diseño

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:00:00 +0000

This project occupies an old house in Oaxaca that was transformed into a special site for visitors to enjoy the traditional local spirit, mezcal.

Morillo Space / RootStudio

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 06 May 2015 18:00:50 +0000

The challenge of the project was to complete the project of a three-story building in a short period of time and with a limited budget. With the first two partially built floors, we had to design the third floor, finishes and facade.

Sport City Oaxaca / Rootstudio + Arquitectos Artesanos

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Sport Oaxaca City is part of a chain of Sport City gyms present throughout the country. With over fifty branches, they decided to risk a new building looking for a new regional market, and accepted a project built with traditional materials. A totally different aesthetic from other spaces owned by the chain, which are characterized by state of the art building systems that seek to reinforce its image of modernity.

Onion Skin / Olivier Ratsi

Karissa Rosenfield — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000