Archetonic

Jacobo Micha Mizrahi

Miquel Adrià

No country has more exciting emerging architects than Mexico, and in Mexico’s vanguard is Jacobo Micha, and his firm Archetonic. This first comprehensive monograph of Micha’s residential work – condominiums in the stylish, upscale Condesa and Polanco districts of Mexico City – is stunningly designed and photographed. Condos are particularly demanding for the designer, says the introductory essay, because they must work as a kind of “urban acupuncture” in the densely built city, and appeal to “a rising middle class in search of a place with all the amenities and services necessary to live on a human, pedestrian scale in the metropolis.” Mission accomplished: the buildings – and spaces within them – are also beautiful, with light, shape and space that show off the prodigious talents of this designer.

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