The eclectic, fast-paced, global crossroads that is Mexico City provides the backdrop for these modern homes. Providing respite in an urban landscape, they feel knitted to the impressive history, culture, and nature of the capital city while providing privacy and serenity.

This House Outside of Mexico City Was Designed Around its Garden

Moody LEDs Turn This Abode Into a Neon Sculpture at Night

A Lush Retreat With a Sheltered Rooftop Pool

To most eyes, Ezequiel Farca’s 1970s-style concrete home in Mexico City looked like a teardown. Even the lot itself—shallow and crammed against a steep hillside—wasn’t particularly alluring. But Farca saw through all the restraints to create a spa-like refuge in one of the world’s most energetic cities. "It’s is such a hectic place. You’re bombarded by so much information the moment you step into the streets," says Farca, who first gained prominence as a furniture and interior designer. "So we envisioned this house as a retreat, a kind of a temple." The rooftop courtyard is lined with a verdant mix of indigenous plants, including banana trees, palm trees, lion’s claw, Mexican breadfruit, and native vines. The chaise longues were designed for Farca’s EF Collection." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Grant Harder" photoUserId="6133434422835130368"/>

Delightful Material Contrasts Define a Courtyard Home in Mexico City

This Rick Joy–Designed Apartment Is Filled With Light and Greenery

What it’s Like to Live at Architect Miguel Angel Aragonés’s Museum-Like Mexico City Home

This Matte Black Home Opens Up to 360-Degree Forest Views

Although technically located within the urbanized zone of Mexico City, the borough of Tlalpuente feels like a world apart, with its provincial atmosphere, natural conservation sites, and colonial-era mansions. Mexico City–based Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados (PPAA) recently completed a 3,700-square-foot home in the area that is punctuated with expansive voids that welcome in sunlight, breezes, and forest views. The home emerges from the greenery of Tlalpuente, with its boxy form and dark exterior cladding. Covered porches at the lower level open the home up to the outdoors." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Rafael Gamo" photoUserId="6133441480770805760"/>

A Retired Couple’s Modern Home With a Masterful In-Law Unit

When Mexico City residents Nina Wanderstok and Raúl Cremoux were ready for a smaller house, they turned to their son, architect Paul Cremoux. The two-story structure he designed preserves open space on the property to support groundwater recharge in accordance with strict local zoning regulations. In choosing materials, Paul evaluated their efficiency—and was surprised to find that local wasn’t always best. In one nod to Mexican design, the structure is finished with fine plaster and white paint." layout="" credit="Photo by PAUL CREMOUX studio" photoUserId="6180770263919755264"/>

This Open, Light-Filled House in the Santa Fe Neighborhood

This Lake House Outside of Mexico City That’s All About the Views

A Sublime Indoor/Outdoor Retreat in Mexico City

This Urban Oasis With a Garden at Every Level

When clients approached Mexico City–based architecture firm Estudio MMX, they had a deceptively simple request: a 1,000-square-meter garden on a 1,000-square-meter plot in a neighborhood called Lomas de Chapultepec, west of Mexico City. The problem, of course, was that in addition to a 1,000-square-meter garden, they also wanted a house. Estudio MMX’s solution was to use large terraces to create a garden in three dimensions that connects with the house at every possible opportunity." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Rafael Gamo" photoUserId="6133441480770805760"/>

This Monolithic, Concrete Home Commands the Landscape Outside Mexico City

In search of a quiet getaway that could double as a vacation and holiday hub for extended family and friends, a Mexico City couple found a three-and-a-half-acre property in Valle de Bravo and reached out to architect Javier Sánchez to come up with a design that would make the most of the site. Architects Sánchez and Carlos Mar created a home with three volumes using board-formed concrete walls accented with charred wood." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Rafael Gamo" photoUserId="6133441480770805760"/>

A Sculptural Wooden Staircase Steals the Show in This Mexico City Abode

This Mexico City Apartment Building Brings a Historic Home Into the 21st Century

PPAA’s innovative approach was to cut the original three-story home in half, preserving enough of the building to front the street and hold two apartments replete with classic Victorian details like high ceilings and restored millwork. In the back of the lot, they designed a sleek eight-story apartment tower that would hold an additional nine apartments, for a total of 11 units. Not bad for a site that was previously an uninhabited single-family house." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Rafael Gamo" photoUserId=""/>

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