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Architects: TAO-Arquitectura
- Area: 395 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Amesa, Cemex, Diagrama Espacios, Hunter Douglas, Millet
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The Park's House / TAO-Arquitectura
SM House / Quesnel arquitectos
Deco House / Taller Mexicano de Arquitectura
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Architects: Taller Mexicano de Arquitectura
- Area: 237 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Cemex, Colomer, Grupo MD, Lightstyle&co, Vitrum
PDC House / Central de Proyectos SCP
Diaphanous House / Taller Estilo Arquitectura
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Architects: Taller Estilo Arquitectura
- Area: 135 m²
- Year: 2019
HC House / Quesnel arquitectos
Studio 5.5 / P11 Arquitectos + Tao Arquitectura + Arq. Carlos Góngora
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Architects: Arq. Carlos Góngora, P11 Arquitectos, Tao Arquitectura
- Area: 1937 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Haus design center, Lightstyle&co
Sonata Housing / Arkham Projects
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Architects: Arkham Projects
- Area: 536 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Cemex, Interceramic, Luova, MIDO, URREA
House O + I / Garrido Lizarraga Arquitectos
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Architects: Garrido Lizarraga Arquitectos
- Area: 165 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Chukum, Helvex, Pinturas Berel, VALVO
S87 House / DUNAR arquitectos
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Architects: DUNAR arquitectos
- Area: 1725 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Sika, Astralpool, Bigmat Tevisa, Placo, Simon
House on 72nd Street / Nauzet Rodríguez
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Interior Designers: Nauzet Rodríguez
- Area: 230 m²
- Year: 2018
AD Classics: National Museum of Roman Art / Rafael Moneo
This article was originally published on May 4, 2015. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.
Arches have long been used to mark the greatest achievements of Roman civilization. Constantine, Titus, and Septimus Severus built them to commemorate their military victories. Engineers at Segovia and Nîmes incorporated them into their revolutionary aqueducts. And fifteen hundred years after the Fall of Rome, Rafael Moneo gave a modern touch to the ancient structure in Mérida's breathtaking National Museum of Roman Art, located on the site of the former Iberian outpost of Emerita Augusta. Soaring arcades of simple, semi-circular arches merge historicity and contemporary design, creating a striking yet sensitive point of entry to the remains of one of the Roman Empire's greatest cities.
Star House / Xavier Salas Arquitectos
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Architects: Xavier Salas Arquitectos
- Area: 320 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Calle 20, Delta Light, Haus design center, La Germania y Teka, Mosaicos La Peninsular
Palace for Mexican Music / Alejandro Medina Arquitectura + Reyes Ríos + Larraín arquitectos + Muñoz arquitectos + Quesnel arquitectos
- Area: 8840 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Danstek, Kone, Mayabtún, Trane, +1
Who Cares About Restoring Heritage in Mérida, Mexico?
In his book The Right to the City (1968), Henri Lefebvre talks about ending the creation of spaces managed by the logic of profit, to launch a plan of "self-managed territory" that does not leave aside the "historical heritage," nor allow the decomposition of space, but instead works for the restitution of urban centers as places of creation.
Globalization has produced cities without limits whose focus has been on the immediate benefit, directly attacking the preservation of cultural heritage, among other things.
Ecomaya House / Seijo Peon Arquitectos y Asociados
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Architects: Seijo Peon Arquitectos y Asociados
- Area: 776 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Cemex, Omniblock
The Tree House / AS Arquitectura
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Architects: AS Arquitectura
- Area: 390 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: CASTEL, Helvex, Mosaicos La Peninsular, Noken, Pizarro, +3