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El Retiro Spa / Mendiola Arregui

Valentina Díaz — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

This project is born as a retreat space, conceived from introspection. A personal and private spa in the mountains of Tapalpa, where the architecture deliberately renounces the idea of a façade: there is no gesture towards the outside, no frontal composition. The building seeks not to be seen, but to be inhabited.

Watchman's Cabin / Eduardo Garretti studio

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Immersed in the forest, a stone plinth made from locally sourced rock is strategically positioned. This solid stereotomic block emerges to form the project's foundation.

House 28.0855 / VAN VAN Atelier

Andreas Luco — Fri, 10 May 2024 02:00:00 +0000

28.0855 is located in rural development in the Sierra of Tapalpa, Jalisco; from its inception, honesty in design was sought, creating a well-defined narrative guide, along with constant respect for the natural environment, making it an integral part of it. In the rustic estates of Mexican towns, dry stone walls are used for delimitation. VAN VAN Atelier reinterprets this concept by using stone in its walls as the fundamental anchoring material. These are erected and assembled naturally, where each stone harmoniously rests upon the other with angular shapes meeting and fitting together, creating boundaries with the exterior. These boundaries are framed with curves to soften their robustness leaving a reminiscent touch of those limiting walls in the fields. Hence, the project’s name: 28.0855, the atomic weight of Silicon, the predominant element in silica the basis of most stones found in nature.

R&R House / Alvaro Moragrega / arquitecto

Benjamin Zapico — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Casa R&R is located in a dense pine forest. It is the main house of a family, not a vacation home, so special attention was paid to the way the private spaces of the house relate to the 'day' areas and a clear separation from the public parts of the house: a yoga room for 20 people and a guest suite.

Petraia House / ARGDL

Benjamin Zapico — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

It is located near the town of Los Espinos, Tapalpa. The project is conceived as a reinterpretation of vernacular architecture built with stone and wood.

DSA Development / COA arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Going through the small town of San Antonio, you take the dirt road to go up the hill and get into the woods, everything is left behind to be there, inside.

Casa BGS / Alvaro Moragrega / arquitecto

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:00:00 +0000

Casa BGS consists of two small cabins connected by a living area in the middle of the Tapalpa forest. The site was chosen after careful consideration of existing trees. The volumes are disposed in such a way as to avoid any cutting of trees, the resulting scheme is not an orthogonal disposition of each volume, but a freestanding placement respecting each tree in site. The final placement was decided, not only by the natural space in the forest, but also to have 4 mayor trees right in front of the living area, making them a central feature of the view.

San Francisco Ranch / AE Arquitectos

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Rancho San Francisco is part of a bigger project that integrates a community of multi-familiar properties or ranches that share common grounds as well as the amenities to create a solid sense of community.

La Casona RV / Luis Daniel Salazar Machado

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Tapalpa, proclaimed pueblo mágico (magic town) of Jalisco, is located 118 km away from Guadalajara, and it’s set 2070 meters above sea level, where the natural, architectonic and cultural riches endow with magic to the recreational and resting visits.

La Stella Ranch / AE Arquitectos

Valentina Villa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:00 +0000

LS Ranch is located southwest of Guadalajara in Tapalpa, a small and colorful town in the mountains. The clients already owned a vacation home in Tapalpa, and they needed an extension to hold their passion for horses. It was conceived as a space to breed Spanish Horses and share the experience with clients, family and friends.

TPL08 / COCCO Arquitectos

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:00:00 +0000

The land belonged to an old hacienda, which over the years was subdivided, leaving this site that once ran as a pasture, in it was a structure of wood that supported a roof over 100 years ago.

PE House / AE Arquitectos

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:00:00 +0000

House PE is a project that starts with the idea of two families sharing one house. Each family has their own private areas but will share the social areas (dinning, living rooms, etc) of the house.

GG House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos

Daniela Cruz — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +0000

The project for GG House emerged from a very particular commission. Our client, a middle-aged bachelor, wanted to build a weekend house in a clearing in a forest, on a property on a mountain. In addition to the topographical conditions, we found that the project involved unusual requirements in terms of privacy, which allowed a more open relationship between the spaces and the environment.

MM House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

House MM presented an unusual challenge for us. Two brothers who owned a considerable stretch of land in Tapalpa approached us with the intention of building two separate houses. As we dug into the project´s needs we realized that both of our clients had similar needs an while they didn’t mind, and in fact preferred, that the houses share a common language, each one had to convey its own singular personality. The topography of the site imposed its own set of variables that resulted in further slight alterations in the design of each house.

VR Tapalpa House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Casa VR, located in a secluded area near the town of Tapalpa, is an exercise in clarity and functionality. The program is arranged on four quadrants, which are defined by the intersection of two main circulation axes. Within this system, spaces are distributed according to privacy requirements and affinity. The design of the house was driven by the desire to allow it to connect with the outdoors and to converse with its regional context using a contemporary vocabulary: the building affords ample views and is accessible through various entry points, while its stark geometry is expressed with local materials and rustic finishes that were executed with precision.

TOC House / Elías Rizo Arquitectos

Javier Gaete — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:00:00 +0000

This unique vacation house is located near Tapalpa in a secluded forested area. The house adapts to its surrounding through two volumes that define the usage areas. The first volume is where all daytime activities happen: the entrance, dining room, kitchen, living room, and terrace. This volume is elevated, generating a dialog with the surrounding forest.