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Project • By CPDA Arquitectos • Apartments
LIVUNO
Located in the vibrant Colonia Juárez neighborhood of Mexico City, LIVUNO is a residential project that responds to its privileged urban position through an architecture defined by openness, clarity, and material honesty.
From its initial conception, the project takes advantage of its three street frontages to organize the residential units with generous natural light, ventilation, and urban views. The architectural language emphasizes the sincere expression of materials: the structural system is left exposed, revealing the sober texture of concrete, while the façades are defined by the monochromatic presence of white concrete block.
The building contains twenty-four residential units distributed across five levels and organ... More
Project • By Mustard Architects • Private Houses
Block House
By extending at ground floor and reconfiguring the plan, a spacious and light filled minimal home was created with open plan kitchen, dining and living areas opening directly to the outside with frameless triple glazed windows and large sliding door framing the garden with views from the front door increasing the sense of space and garden connection.Industrial materials were exposed and celebrated such as black MDF for the kitchen, concrete blocks for the exposed blockwork walls and concrete floor which also reduced construction costs. Externally, black paint conceals and unifies the use of low cost bricks with existing brickwork.A black painted core was created housing services, utility room, storage, WC, family bathroom and stud... More