Mesoamerican Modern

This is the first book to place Indigenous Mexican cultures at the centre of contemporary Mexican interior design, revealing how architects and designers across the country are redefining the relationship between the traditional and the new.

The book presents 16 remarkable homes that exemplify this movement, located from the lava fields south of Mexico City and the tropical landscapes of the Yucatan, to Oaxaca s wild Pacific coast and the mountains of Tepoztlan. Featured projects, each photographed especially for the book by acclaimed Mexican photographer Luis Garvan, include a chukum-plastered house with flooded walkways in the yellow town of Izamal, an elevated beach home with no exterior doors, and the studio a renowned architect built for his photographer mother.

Sites such as Casa Pedregal by famed architect Luis Barragan anchor the book in the lineage of Mexico s great Modernists, while newer homes, including several never before published, show how Mesoamerican ideas continue to drive residential design today. Interspersed throughout the book are visual field guides exploring themes such as pattern, native flora, and collecting, offering readers a deeper understanding.

This remarkable book demonstrates that the future of design is being rewritten in Mexico. This is a must have volume for anyone seeking fresh inspiration and a richer appreciation of the ideas shaping contemporary Mexican homes.