Raw concrete surfaces are softened by timber and plenty of daylight inside these Mexican houses, rounded up here as part of our latest lookbook. More about Eight brutalist Mexican interiors that prove concrete doesn't have to feel cold
Local architecture practice FMT Estudio has completed two concrete houses on either end of a narrow plot in Mérida, Mexico, connected by a central courtyard. More about FMT Estudio connects two Mexican dwellings with swimming pool courtyard
Mexican studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura has balanced an expansive concrete house designed like a "rock carved to create a sculpture" on a hillside in Oaxaca. More about Espacio 18 Arquitectura cantilevers a sculptural concrete house in Oaxaca
Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed DIY housing that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies to "help families build their living spaces in a better and smarter way." More about Manuel Cervantes develops "assisted self-production" housing in Mexico
Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete holiday home in Tulum with a circular window in one of the ceilings that reveals a swimming pool. More about Brutalist-style villa by Espacio 18 embodies "natural beauty" of Yucatán Peninsula caves
Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside house defined by a calming water feature on the Pacific coast. More about Zozaya Arquitectos orients Mexican beach house around reflecting pool
Architecture studio LBR&A has designed a residence that "breaks the imposed paradigms of construction" in a Mexico City neighbourhood where development has reportedly taken its toll on the landscape. More about LBR&A creates dramatic cantilever for CH73 House in Mexico City
Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy designed a brutalist concrete holiday home in a Mexican pine forest called Casa Alférez. More about Ludwig Godefroy creates brutalist cube-shaped home in Mexico
Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has unveiled the coloured concrete Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighbourhood. More about Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico
Local studio PPAA has completed Echegaray house in the State of Mexico, which features bedrooms looking out to the rocky excavated ground and a communal living space on the top floor with panoramic views. More about PPAA submerges bedrooms of Mexican house into stony terrain
The designers at Mexican studio Direccion had "monastic sanctuary" in mind when revamping this weekend retreat in Valle de Bravo. More about Direccion brings sense of tranquility to Casa Tres Árboles in Valle de Bravo
Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a "hybrid" experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. More about Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline
Chilean studio Elemental has created a round concrete house called Casa del Tec outside of Monterrey, Mexico that is the prize of a raffle that funds higher education at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. More about Elemental references "double condition of castles" for cylindrical home in Mexico
Arched openings create a sense of fluidity inside a holiday home by Mexican studio CO-LAB Design Office, which was designed to encourage occupants to feel connected to the lush surroundings. More about Villa Petricor sits within a tropical garden in Tulum
Architects Maria Gomez, Giovanni Ocampo and Héctor Coss have completed a low-lying, three-house retreat in western Mexico that explores the ability of concrete to work in "aesthetic harmony with the desert". More about Casa Santos is an "exploration of the possibilities of concrete" in Mexico
CF Taller de Arquitectura and Merodio Arquitectos have completed a vacation home in Mexico's Valle de Bravo using glue-laminated timber beams to create bright and spacious rooms that open out to the surrounding forest. More about Forest retreat in Valle de Bravo includes stone and laminated timber
Mexican architecture firm P+0 has completed a home on a steep hillside in Monterrey, using smaller volumes clustered together to form the resident's living spaces, which was captured by photographer Edmund Sumner. More about Edmund Sumner photographs P+0's home of interconnected towers in Northern Mexico
Mexican architecture firm Estudio IPA has completed a house on an abandoned lot in San Miguel de Allende with calming interiors that make the most of a "narrow and uneven" property. More about Estudio IPA places tree at the centre of San Miguel de Allende home
Courtyards, walkways, and staircases delineate the volumes of this home in Mexico City designed by local studio PPAA. More about PPAA completes residence in Mexico City clad with board-formed concrete
Evelop Arquitectura drew inspiration from the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán for this wood-and-stone house in San Miguel de Allende, which is interspersed with lush garden courtyards. More about Evelop Arquitectura creates "garden with a house" in San Miguel de Allende