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In Mexico: a Contemporary Home Suggests Luxury Shopping

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The glossy perfection of this luxury home from Paola Calzada Arquitectos in Mexico City almost suggests retail shopping.

The grandeur of the entrance, approached down these stairs, unveiling the formality of the dining room, approaches that of an upscale shopping mall.

The highly polished perfection of a shiny black floor makes for a glossy setting for a formal dinner.

You can almost hear the nervous clickety clack of high heels on this floor.

Even the landscaping is flawless.

Transparent, double-height glass walls look out on a landscaped courtyard garden with a spectacular swimming pool.

The glass can be made darker, to create a sophisticated mood.

Fascinating shapes carve out vast spaces in the double height living room.

But the comforts of home are settled into the huge storefront setting as if to impersonate family life in the window.

Even the heart of a home; the kitchen, seems more like a luxury retailer of kitchen experiences, set in a mall.

Overall, the impression is of a house designed more to impress and intimidate others than to live.

Casa Lomas de Chapultepec seems less like a place to live, than a place to be displayed.

Not so much a home, as an extension of consumerism.