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Torres House: A beautiful mountain retreat by GLR Arquitectos/ Gilberto L. Rodriguez
The pristine beauty of the Sierra Madre Mountains is the home of the Torres House by GLR Arquitectos/ Gilberto L. Rodriguez. The 5,942 sq ft contemporary house doesn’t contrast with the surroundings, not at all – lots of natural materials (marble, wood and volcanic stone) have been used and the garden is in fact a [...]
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Luxury home in Mexico by 7XA Arquitectura
Angel López and Carlos Ortiz of 7XA Arquitectura studio did a good job in creating a modern home on a 5,000 sq.m. plot in El Uro, México. They aimed to bring the owners the best views to the Sierra Madre mountains and they succeeded. The vast plot gives an opportunity for lavish planning and 7XA [...]
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Half buried house in Mexico profits from soil’s thermal mass
In desertlike regions temperatures often go to extremes, with differences between daytime and nighttime of about 20-30 degrees Celsius. This is the case with this golf club community house in Chihuahua, northern Mexico. To take advantage of the soil’s thermal mass and reduce temperature variations, the architects of PRODUCTORA partially buried its 375 sq.m. into the [...]


