Art, architecture and travel in Mexico
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Mexico - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Mexico.
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Mexico’s Mextrópoli 2019 explores cities and architecture across generations
By Tracy Lynn Chemaly Last updated
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A volcanic stone house by Cadaval & Solà-Morales holds its own in Mexico
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A concrete folly by Mexican studio Tezontle brings new life to a Havana plaza
Imagined as an extension of the Cuban capital, the permanent sculpture has transcended its role as a public art installation
By James Burke Last updated
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A new Baldessari-inspired Mexico City restaurant tackles the ‘clean eating’ fad
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Perfect pavilion: Casa Graciela lets the Mexican nature in
By Susanne Kennedy Last updated
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A hotel magnate’s brutalist base in Mexico City has us green with envy
By Ana Karina Zatarain Last updated
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Abraham Cota Paredes
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Zeller & Moye
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Pacific dreams: a coastal Mexican home built like a micro-village
By Daven Wu Last updated
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How World Design Capital 2018 Mexico City is being redefined by Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Tatiana Bilbao
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week, it’s Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, who is currently designing a brutalist, ethical aquarium in Mazatlán and has an exhibition at Copenhagen's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art opening in October 2019
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Artists’ earthly creations take over treehouse gallery Ik Lab in Tulum
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Carsten Höller gives a Mexican museum a fresh perspective
The art trickster’s new installation at Museo Tamayo is guaranteed to keep you in suspended animation
By Osman Can Yerebakan Last updated
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Rainwater-harvesting architecture leads this Mexican home
The Rain Harvest Home by Javier Sanchez of JSa architects and Robert Hutchison of Robert Hutchison Architecture in Mexico combines style and sustainability
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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An aromatic garden enfolds this Mexico City house by Manuel Cervantes
A private residence in Mexico City by local architecture firm Manuel Cervantes Estudio makes the most out of the striking ravine-side site and existing flora to create a ceramic-clad home that is contemporary but also at one with the outdoors
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Dark age: a cluster of blackened concrete pavilions forms a discreet retreat outside Mexico City
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Sip on cocktails by the pool of Mexico’s newest boutique property
By David Paw Last updated
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Pieter Hugo’s fascinating photographs bring Mexican culture to life
By Tracy Lynn Chemaly Last updated
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At home with artist Gabriel Rico
Even in a period of social distancing, the art world continues to turn. In our ongoing series, we go home, from home, with artists finding inspiration in isolation. Reached during his temporary seclusion among the Mexican mountains, Gabriel Rico reveals how his poetic assemblages of found objects draw on culture, philosophy and the natural order of things
By TF Chan Last updated
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Museo Jumex by David Chipperfield Architects opens in Mexico City
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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Imagine ceviche in the sun at Casa Hoyos desert modern retreat
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Pedro Reyes invites us into his sculptural art studio in Mexico City
A newly built, prefabricated, concrete object with rounded edges in the historical Coyoacán neighbourhood is artist Pedro Reyes' new studio and headquarters in Mexico City
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Calming interiors characterise a 1950s mid century modern house in Mexico City
HEMAA Arquitectura celebrates the mid century architecture of a family house – designed by Mexican architect Augusto H. Álvarez – with a respectful renovation, plus a new material palette of light oak and grey stucco
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mexico City’s celebrated Pujol restaurant relocates to a 1950s bungalow
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Accidental heroes: a Mexican concrete master mix
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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Box perfect: a Mexican bungalow makes for an idyllic jungle retreat
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Laid-back loving: a bijou Mexican escape for two
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated