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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  San José del Cabo, B.C.S., Mexico

• Category

  Hotels

• Lead Architect

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Area

  150000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Rafael Gamo

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Dubai - United Arab Emirates

• Category

  Restaurant

• Lead Architect

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Area

  3530.56 ft2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Rafael Gamo

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Zapopan, Jal., Mexico

• Category

  Office buildings

• Area

  88266.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Rafael Gamo

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Mexico

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in Charge

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Director of Architecture

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Area

  1325.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Rafael Gamo

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Palacio Versalles 237, Lomas de Reforma, 11930 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

• Category

  Apartments

• Architectural project

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• President

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Director

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project Director

  Fernando Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Design manager

  Alejandro Espejel

• Design Team

  Miguel Baranda Estrada, Iovany Fuentes Guerrero, David Pazos Tesorero

• Area

  5471.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Jaime Navarro, HH Fotografía

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

• Category

  Hotels

• President of Architecture Firma

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Leader

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project leader

  Andrés Cajiga

• Area

  5315.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photography

  Rafael Gamo

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Querétaro, Mexico

• Category

  hospital

• Area

  13735.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Jaime Navarro, Paúl Czitrom

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

• Category

  Office buildings

• Founder Architect

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Leader

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project Leader

  Boris Pena

• Area

  57970.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Rafael Gamo

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos (SMA) has revealed their recent competition proposal for St Regis Los Cabos, a 12.4-hectare hotel and residential project on the southern tip of the Gulf of California in Mexico, bordering the Pacific Ocean.

In response to the site’s natural conditions—vast area, views, and exposure to predominant winds—the project’s volumetric design focuses on the use of camouflaged materials, terraces, and methods to provide shelter from the wind, all of which creates two parallel undulating forms at the edge of the beach.

The hotel and its amenities will be aligned with the east side of the complex, such that they achieve a layout with as many rooms as possible with direct views of the Pacific Ocean that rotate to ensure privacy.

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Presidente Masaryk 431, Polanco III Secc, 11550 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico

• Category

  Store

• President

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Leader

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project Leader

  Boris Pena, Fernando Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Area

  1450.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Jaime Navarro

Deeply intertwined with Mexican identity, Mayan culture has become a primary frame of reference when it comes to architecture in the country, with many local architects seeking to integrate Pre-Colombian, Mesoamerican ideologies with contemporary design. 

With Mayan culture as a starting point, Mexican firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has designed Isla Pasión (Passion Island), a project for a new tourism development on the Caribbean island of Cozumel, located to the southeast of Mexico. The masterplan incorporates suites, stilt homes, a spa area, common areas, and a residential zone. The project originated from an understanding of the context, both architecturally and naturally, resulting in the use of natural materials, like wood and stone, as well as carrying out a reinterpretation of traditional Mayan architecture for the shape of the volumes.

Learn more about this project, which was also a 2015 WAF finalist, after the break.

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Campos Elíseos, Polanco, Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico

• Category

  Housing

• Architect in Charge

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Leader

  Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project Leader

  Jorge Isaías

• Area

  23600.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Paul Rivera

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• Arquitectos

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Avenida Ejército Nacional, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico

• Category

  Commercial Architecture

• Project Architect

  Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Project Area

  157000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Paul Rivera

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• Architects

  Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

• Location

  Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

• Category

  Shopping centers

• Architects In Charge

  Arq. Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas

• Architecture Leader

  Arq. Javier Sordo Madaleno de Haro

• Project Leader

  Arq. Humberto Mendoza

• Architecture Team

  Fernando Sordo Madaleno de Haro, Juliam Silva, Andrés Muñoz

• Área

  9000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Paul Rivera

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos and Pascall+Watson has shared with us their proposal for the New Mexico City International Airport (often referred to as the NAICM for its initials in Spanish: Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México).

We have already presented you with the NAICM’s winning proposal, though Sordo Madaleno and Pascall+Watson were one of seven participating teams in the invited competition. The team sought to redefine the concept of aviation architecture by centering their idea around passenger experience and business efficiency. See what they came up with, after the break.

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