Eight of Mexico’s most stunning modern homes

3. Rain Harvest Home, co-designed by Javier Sanchez Architecture and Robert Hutchison Architecture

This is a family-run bolthole porch in Valle de Bravo, a popular vacation destination for Mexico City residents, completed in 2020. The space harvests rainwater and includes a bathhouse, a plunge pool under a skylight, a steam shower, and a solar-powered sauna. The room blurs the line between indoors and outdoors, providing an essential refuge in Mexico, where heavy rains occur from June to October. “This is an experimental house,” Javier Sanchez, one of the clinic’s architects, told the BBC. “It’s rare to build a wooden house in Mexico.” The walls and roof are made of pine. Sanchez added that ferns and oak trees were planted here “as a homage to the forest that previously existed here.”

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4. Casa de Tierra Catalina (by Tarel Hector Barroso)

Casa de Tierra Catarina’s outdoor terrace has been designed to blend in with its rural lakeside setting. The interior of the house was created by Mexican design studio Habitación 116. Barroso is interested in traditional building methods and materials. The house is made of rammed earth, but the wooden roof protects it from the scorching sun and rain. A volcanic stone fire pit will keep residents and their guests warm at night during the winter months. Hector Barroso told the BBC: “In winter in Mexico, most days are sunny, so the terrace is a great place to hang out.”

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5. Casa Isar (Alonso de Garay of Taller ADG)

This is the main living room of Casa Izar, a new home designed by Taller ADG. The house was inspired by local mountain huts with pitched roofs and deep eaves. The spacious windows offer idyllic views of trees, lakes and mountains. The interior, designed by Estudio MDB, respects local crafts and materials, with the coffee table and outdoor pool made from volcanic rock. The pottery is made from black clay (“Barro NegroFound in the southeastern state of Oaxaca, the piece was created by Mexico City-based design studio David Pompa.