Dwell

The mirrored glass creates a game of reflections between the old and new elements.

Interior apartment

The perimetral circulations became into interior corridors

Stairway

Original materials were recovered such as patterned azulejo floors, brick walls and railings

The windows were renovated with its original shape

Located in a quiet street, this project takes advantage from an abandoned building of 1920

Terraçe

Mirrored windowpanes in different angles helps to restore some privacy

The free height of the apartments allows a great entrance of daylight and ventilation.

The concrete volume creates a contrast with the existing structure

A concrete prism outstands from the patio

The 12 apartments are arranged around the original central patio

A multilevel design means that the outside is never far away in CBC House.

A colored compound mixed into the cement gives the home a yellow color that lends a much warmer feeling than gray concrete.

The house’s concrete construction allows its geometry to shine.

Glass walls and large windows create an airy interior that feels connected to the outside.

The home’s entrance at night.

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.