Lime stucco
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Project • By Dinamita Taller • Private Houses
Casa Justina
Casa Justina is a carefully crafted restoration of a historic residence built in the early 1900s. This project combines architecture and interior design, reviving the house's rich heritage while creating an inviting and cohesive space. Thoughtfully chosen materials play a vital role in this transformation, with elements like green stucco, clay, and traditional cement mosaics at the heart of the design.
Gabriela Chávez
Nicolas Million
Nicolas Million
The walls are covered with green stucco—a traditional, often-overlooked technique historically used on adobe structures. This material not only highlights the home’s origins but also enhances the interior’s freshness by allowing the adobe walls to breathe... More
News • News • 16 Sep 2022
Void Studio composes Tulum apartments around courtyards, intertwining alleys and quaint staircases
Set amidst a dense neighbourhood in South Tulum, Cuatro Cielos is a cluster of four inward-facing apartments designed by the Mexican architecture firm Void Studio. Enveloped in a subdued façade, the four-unit development is a harmonious composition of materials, textures, solids and voids, light, desert tones and vegetation.
Zaickz Moz
The apartments range from two to three-bedroom units, each with a distinct layout and character, yet all share a mutual connection with the environment and provide quality spaces. The spatial configuration is consciously planned to make the users traverse through the exterior pockets to reach one room from another.
Zaickz Moz
The thought process behind the design was... More
News • News • 10 Feb 2022
Gesep House by Jaime Prous Architects mixes the cutting-edge with traditional farmhouse principles
The Gesep House by Jaime Prous Architects consists of five tangent volumes of different heights and dimensions that respond to the terrain and interior program of the house. The overall solidity contrasts with a light pergola that connects the volumes and provides a sheltered exterior space that is protected from the Spanish sun.
Alejo Bagué
The interior spatiality is enhanced through a sensitive approach to light. Private and intimate spaces, such as the bathrooms, utilize overhead lighting, while rooms for daily use employ natural lighting through gaps oriented towards different landscape views. The most public spaces, including the dining room, living room, kitchen, and hall, feature sliding glass walls that provide fo... More